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1866 TO 1877, 

Being the Questions in Arithmetic, Grammar and Geog- 
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UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF iXEW YORK, 

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BEGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY, 

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THE 

REGENTS' QUESTIONS, 

1866-1877. 



ARITHMETIC. 



^xanii7iatio7i I. JSTov, 8, f866, 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

1. Write in figures each of the following numbers, 
add them, and express in words (or numerate) their sum : 
fifty-six thousand, and fourteen thousandths ; nineteen, 
and nineteen hundredths ; fifty-seven, and forty-eight 
ten thousandths ; twenty-three thousand five, and four- 
tenths ; and fourteen millionths. 

2. What is the difference between 3% plus 1%, and 4 
plus 2%? 

3. In multiplying by more than one figure, where is the 
first figure in each partial product written, and why is it 
so written ? 

4. If the divisor is 19, the quotient 37, and the re- 
mainder 11, what is the dividend ? 

5. What is the quotient of 65 bu. 1 pk. 3 qt. divided 
by 12 ? 



THE regents' questions. 



6. Which one of the fundamental operations (or 
ground rules) of arithmetic is employed in reduction 
descending ? Give an example. 

7. In exchanging gold dust for cotton, by what weight 
would each be weighed ? 

8. What is the onl}' even prime number ? 

9. How many weeks in 8,568,456 minutes ? 

10. To what tervi in division does the value of a common 
fraction correspond ? 

11. What is the product of a fraction multiplied by its- 
denominator ? Give an example. 

13. What is the rule lor the multiplication of decimals ? 

13. How is a common fraction reduced to a decimal ? 
Give an example. 

14. What is ratio and how may it be expressed? 
Illustrate by an example. 

(3:30-4:30 P.M.) 

15. If 37 tons 3 qrs. 15 lbs. of coal cost $317.83, what 
will 119 tons 1 qr. 10 lbs. cost ? 

16. Fmd the cost of the several articles, and the 
amount of the following bill : 

Utica, October 1, 1866. 
A. P. Jewett to Samuel Palmer, Dr. 

To 16750 feet of board at $13.50 per M., - - - 
" 1750 " " 34.00 " - - - 

" a500 " " 35.00 " - - - 



Received payment, $ 

Samuel Palmer. 

17. What is the length of the side of a cubical box 
which contains 389,017 solid inches ? 

18. What is the present worth of the following note 
discounted at bank, and when will it become due : — 

SIOO. Albany, October 11, 1866. 

Ninety days from date, for value received, I 
promise to pay to the order of John Smith, one hundred 
dollars, at the Albany City National Bank. 

John Brown 



ARITHMETIC. 



19. Involve % to the 7th power. 

20. What is the square root of .0043046721 f 

21. Sold 9 1-6 cwt. of sugar at $8}^ per cwt., and there- 
by lost 12 per cent. : how much was the whole cost ? 

22. A person owned ^ of a mine and sold ^ of his 
interest for $1710 : what was the value of the entire mine ? 

23. When it is 3 h. 36 m. a. m., at the Cape of Good 
Hope, in longitude IS*^ 24 m. east, what is the time at 
€ape Horn, in longitude 67*^ 21 m. west ? 

24. What is the cost of 17 tons 18 cwt. 1 qr. 17 lbs. 
of potash at $53.80 per ton. 



£!xaniination II. March 7, f867» 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

25. Express in words the number 42567000129301. 

26. Multiply five hundred and forty thousand six 
bundred and nine by seventeen hundred and fifty. 

27. Give the rule for reduction descending. 

28. How many steps of two and one-half feet each 
would a man take in walking a mile ^ 

29. How is a whole number reduced to a fraction of 
the same value having a given denominator f 

80. What is the value oi % oi % ot }{ of >^ when re- 
duced to a simple fraction of the lowest terms ? 

31. Give the rule for reducing several fractions to 
equivalent fractions having the least common denom- 
inator. 

32. Add 3^ to 4 21-38. 

33. Write in figures, two and six hundred-millionths. 

34. Reduce 1375-8836 to a decimal. 

35. Multiply seven thousand and five, by three hundred, 
and five millionths. 

36. Divide 126.45 by 493.256. 

37. The ratio of two numbers is 9, and the antecedent 
SO : what is the consequent .'' 



THE regents' questions. 



38. Find the value of the omitted term in the following 
proportion : — 

$4 :(.?):: 9 : 16. 

(2:30-4:30 P. M.) 

39. If 5B lbs. of butter cost $15.68, what wiU .078 of a 
ton cost ? 

40. If 96 horses eat 192 tons of hay in one winter, how 
many tons will 150 horses eat in 6 winters ? 

41. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $336.42 at 
simple interest : what was the rate per cent ? 

42. What is the interest of $14231.50 from June 29^ 
1860, to April .30, 1865, at 8X per cent ? 

43. Three notes are payable as follows : — one for $200, 
January 1, 1866 ; another for $350, due September 1, 1866 ;; 
a third for $500, due April 1, 1867 : what is the average 
of maturity, or the equated time of payment ? 

44. How much will it cost to carpet a parlor 18 feet- 
square, with carpeting % yd. wide, at $1.50 per yard ? 

45. The difference in the local time of two places is 2 h. 
18 m. : what is the difference in longitude ? 

46. 33 is 2% per cent, of what number ? 

47. What is the length of each side of a square field 
which contains five acres ? 

48. A note for $470.66 drawn at 60 days, is discounted at 
bank at 6 per cent. : what are the proceeds ? 



£Jxam,uiation III, June /4j 7867* 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

49. Express in figures MDXXVCDLXXXIX. 

50. Perform the operations indicated as follows : — 

102—19x17 plus 205 — 3= (?) 

51. Numerate (or express in words), 90067236708. 

52. What is the sum of 3912, 361, 40005, 98, 736863, 8342^ 
2900687, 9, 4000862, 28 .? 



ARITHMETIC. 



53. It two persons start from the same place, and travel 
in the same direction, one 7 and the other 11 miles per 
hour, at the rate of 9 hours per day, how far apart will 
they be at the end of the 17th day ? 

54. What is the. amount due on the following bill of 
parcels: — 

Albany, June 1, 186&. 
John Barnes, 

Bought of NATHAN HADLEY & CO., 

16 lbs. tea, @ 1.0.5, - - - - $ 

18 lbs. siigar, .14, _ _ _ 

25 lbs. rice, @ .09, . - _ - 

15 yds. linen, @. 66, _ _ _ 



Cr. 
By balance of account, - - - 2.48 



Balance due, - - - - $ 

Received payment, N. Hadley & Co. 

55. State the process of reducing inches to leagues. 

56. How many bushels will a box 8 feet long, 4 feet 
wide, and 3 feet high contain ? 

57. Add 38-67, ^ and 17-101. 

58. Reduce 1049-8392 to its lowest-terms. 

59. Give the rule for reducing fractions having different 
denominators to equivalent fractions having the least 
common denominator. 

60. Multiply 18 5-9 by 7 4-5. 

61. Express in figures, forty-seven, and twenty-one 
hundred thousandths. 

(2:30-4:30 P. M.) 

62. Divide 2019.86928 by 30 1-250. 

63. If 9 men cut 150 acres of grass in 18 days, how 
many will do the same work in 27 days ? 

64. If 500 copies of a book containing 210 pages require 
12 reams of paper, how much will 1200 copies of a book, 
of 280 pages require ? 



8 THE regents' questions. 

65. What is the value in currency of 1865 in gold, when 
the latter is selling at 131 per cent 7 

66. What is the interest on $200 for 3 years and 10 
months, at 7 per cent ? 

67. In what time will a sum of money double itself at 
an annual interest of 5 per cent ? 

68. What is the face of a note at 30 days, which yields 
-f 500 when discounted at bank, at 7 per cent ? 

70. Extract the square root of .0043046721. 

71. Involve 1.06 to the 4th power. 

72. What debt can be discharged in a year by weekly 
payments in arithmetical progression, the first being $24, 
and the last $1,224? 



Examination IT, JVov. 8, f867. 
(10:00 A. M.-12:00 m.) 

78. Express in words 2584503962047. 

74. 2468 plus 13579 plus 100 plus 6042 plus 187 plus 19 
equals how many ? 

75. What is the difference between 576—208 plus 1645 
—321, and 403—256 plus 814-195.^ 

76. Multiply forty-nine millions forty thousand six 
liundi"ed and ninety-seven by nine millions forty thousand 
seven hundred and nine. 

77. "One factor of a certain number is 11, and the other 
S708311605 : what is that number } 

78. If the remainder is 17, the quotient 610, and the 
dividend 45767, what is the divisor ? 

79. What cost 3a. 2R. 20rd. of land, at 43 per acre ? 

80. What is the difference of time between July 15, 
1857, and April 25, 1862 ? 



ARITHMETIC. 9 



T. cwt. qr. lb. oz. dr. 

14 13 2 15 15 15 

13 17 3 13 11 ]3 
81. Add ^ 46 16 3 11 13 10 

14 15 2 7 6 9 
11 17 3 10 15 11 



82. Find the greatest common divisor of 492, 744 and 
1044. 

83. Divide 137 lb. 9 oz. 18 pwt. 22 gr. by 23. 

84. From % of 137 subtract X of 317. 

85. Write eleven thousand, and eleven hundred thous- 
andths, (the whole as a single expression.; 

86. Multiply .0097 by .000125. 

(2:30-4:30 P. M.) 

87. Divide 475 by 128%. 

88. What cost 11-13 of an acre at $1.75 per sq. rod? 

89. Divide 9811.0047 by .325947. 

90. Reduce 18 s. 3%d. to the decimal of a £. 

91. Find the third term of 7 : 8 :: (?) : 12. 

92. If 23^ yds. of broadcloth cost $18, what wiU 27 yds. 
cost ? 

93. If 8 men spend $64 in 13 weeks, what will 12 men 
spend in 52 weeks ? 

94. Find the interest on $35.61 from Not. 11, 1857, to 
Dec. 15, 1859, at 6 per cent. 

95. What is the bank discount on a note for $350, pay- 
able 3 months after date, at 7 per cent, interest ? , 

96. Find the square root of .876096. 



Bxami7iation T. J^ed. 27 , 7868, 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

97. Add together 15262986957 and 3879 ; and multiply 
the 19th part of the sum by 76. 



10 THE regents' questions. 

98. Subtract nine hundred and fourteen thousand 
nine hundred and twenty, from four hundred millions 
and thirteen thousand 

99. A wheel makes 880 revolutions in passing over 2 
mi. 1430 yd. : what is its circumference ? 

100. Reduce 49 wk. 6 da. 19 hr. to minutes. 

101. Find the greatest common divisor of 4004 and 
5772. 

102. Find the least common multiple of 25, 36, 33, 12, 45^ 

103. Divide 52 yd. 1 ft. 10)^ in. by 3 12-17. 

104. Reduce 3 8-9 of 1 7-32 of 2 5-14 to a decimal. 

105. Find the value of 169 multiplied by .0000728. 

106. Find tlie value of 25.000315— .0045 plus .2801 minus 
IS plus 21.001. 

107. Divide tbe number 54 into 3 parts, proportioned as 
2, 3, 4. 

108. If for a certain sum, 18 sheep may be grazed 20' 
days, how many days may 30 sheep be grazed for the 
same sum V 

109. How many acres could 10 men plow in 14 hours,, 
if 5 men plough 6 acres in 103^ hours ? 

110. Standard silver is composed of 37 parts of pure 
silver, and 3 parts of copper : how much per cent, of the 
whole is each of the components .' 

(2:30-4:30 P. M.) 

111. If I buy cloth at $1.20 per yard, how must I sell it 
so as to gain 25 per cent ? 

112. Divide 81,200 between A and B so that A's share 
may be to B's as 2 to 7. 

113. Divide 6s. 6d. between Jane and Ellen, so that 
Jane may receive 3s. more than Ellen, 

114. What is the value of the square root of 42x24x28? 

115. How much coffee at 9, 11 and 14 cents a pound, wiE 
form a mixture worth 12 cents a pound ? 



ARITHMETIC. 11 



116. When the extremes and the number of terms in an 
arithmetical series are given, how is the sum of the series- 
ascertained "i 

117. The surface of a square table is 26 &q. ft, 100 in. ; 
find the length of each side. 

118. How many square yards of matting would cover a 
floor the dimensions of which are 20 ft. 10 in. by 15 ft. 5 
1-7 in..? 

119. What sum of money will in 3 years. 10 months and 
9 days at 7 per cent, amount to 11524.10 .? 

120. I have 3 notes payable as follows : one for $200, 
due Jan. 1, 1869 ; another for $350, due Sept. 1, 1869 ; and 
another for $500, due April 1, 1870: what is the average 
of maturity ? 



Examiiiation YI. jTuyie 5, 7868, 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

121. Express in figures the number represented by four 
units of the tenth order, six of the eighth, four of the 
seventh, two of the sixth, one of the third, and five of 
the second. 

122. Numerate the expression obtained as the answer tO' 
question No. 121. 

123. How may 25,000 be expressed in Roman numer- 
als .? 

124. How is the local value of a figure determined, or 
upon what does it depend 1 

125. What is the sum of the composite numbers from 
50 to 80 inclusive .? 

126. From sixty-five trillions three millions six hundred 
and twelve, take nine billions one million four thousand 
and six. 

127. A tax of thirty millions fifty-six thousand four 
hundred and sixty-five dollars is assessed equally on four 
thousand and ninety-seven towns : what sum must each, 
town pay ? 



12 THE regents' questions. 

128. Which of the fundamental rules is employed in re- 
ducing a denominate fraction to integers of lower denomi- 
nations ? 

129. How many cubic inches does the standard unit of 
liquid measure contain ? 

130. How many cords of wood in a pile 140 feet long, 
43^ ft. wide, and G}4 ft. high.? 

131. A stationer bought one great gross of slates at 8 
pence each : what was the whole cost, in pounds sterling ? 

132. Of what factors of two or more numbers does their 
greatest common divisor consist ? 

133. What is the smallest sum of money with which 
torses can be bought at $50 each, cows at $30 each, or 
f^heep at S8 each, using the same amount in each case ? 

134. Express in words 500072. 

(2:30-4:30 P. M.) 

135. What number must be multiplied by 15^ that the 
product may be 563^ ? 

136. How is the value of a fraction affected when 
its denominator is divided by a number greater than 
unity ? 

137. How do you multiply .061 by 100,000 ? 

138. What amount is due on the following items ? 
37 chests green tea at $ 23 75 each. 
42 " black " " 17 50 " 

12 crates Liverpool ware " 175 00 " 
19 bbls. Genesee flour " 15 50 " 

23 bu. rve " 1 52 " 



$ (.') 

139. When are four quantities said to be in proportion ? 

140. If 4-9 of the distance from A to B is 32 miles, what 
is 5-12 of the same distance ? 

141. How is the rate per cent, ascertained when the 
jyrincipal, interest and time are given ? 

142. If $300 gain $18 in 9 months, what is the per cent 7 

143. What is the length, in feet and inches, of each side 



ARITHMETIC. 15 



of a square carpet, made from 49>^ yds. of Brussels car- 
peting, % yd. wide ? 

144. How is the last term of a geometrical series found^ 
the first term, ratio, and number of terms being given? 



£:xamination YII. JVov. /^, 7868, 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

145. Express in figures six himdred millions, seventeen 
thousand, three hundred and eight. 

146. What is the sum of 372856,404932,2704793,9078961, 
304165.207708,41274,375,271,34 and 6. 

147. From sixty-five billions three millions, six hundred 
and twelve, take i/ine billions, one million, four thousand 
and six. 

148. One factor of a certain number is 11, and the other 
3708311605 : what is that number ? 

149. What are the prime factors of 800 1 

150. If the quotient is 482 and the divisor 281, what is. 
the dividend ? 

151. If I take 13729 from the sum of 8762 and 14967, 
divide the remainder by 50, and multiply the quotient by 
19, what is the product ? 

152. How many miles in 60750 links ? 

153. What is the sum of 4-25 of 9 3-5, and 4-21 of 328 2-5 ? 

154. Reduce 5-7 of 14-25 of 6 1-5 of 17 to a simple frac- 
tion. 

155. How many times is 5-9 contained in 887 "i 

156. Reduce 9-25 of an acre to lower denominations. 

157. Find the greatest common divisor of 492, 744, 906. 

158. What is the least common multiple (or dividend) 
of the nine digits ? 

(2:30-4:30 P. M.) 

159. Divide 0.01764144 by 0.0018. 

160. Reduce 7 fur. 29 rds. to the decimal of a mile. 



14 THE regents' questions. 

161. What sum, at 7 per cent., will amount to $231,075 
in 3 years 4 months ? 

162. What is the amount of $1200 for 2 years at 6 per 
cent, compound interest, payable quarterly ? 

163. If $100 gain $6 in one year, what principal will 
gain $12 in 8 months ? 

164. To what number has 3>ithe same ratio as exists be- 
tween 3 and 21 ? 

165. What number of men will be required to perform 
a piece of work in 8 days, that would take 15 men 24 
<iays. 

166. A and B enter into partnership. A furnishes $240 
for 8 months ; and B $560 for 5 months. They lost $118. 
How much did each man lose ? 

167. What is the square root of 61728020.96.? 

168. How many cubic quarter-inches are contained in 
a cubic inch 7 



Examination Till, I^eb. 79, 7869, 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

169. Add the following numbers : One hundred and 
•eight billions, three hundred and six ; twenty-one billions, 
twenty thousands, two hundred and ten ; thirty billions, 
twenty-nine millions and three. 

170. Reduce 2579792 drams avoirdupois to higher de- 
nominations. 

171. Reduce 1 m . IS rd. 2 yd. 1 ft. to inches. 

172. Multiply >^ of 12-7 by 3>^^16. 

173. Divide 3-12 of 18-21 by 6-7. 

174. Find the least common multiple of all the even 
numbers from 1 to 15. 

175. From the sum of % and 4-9 take 5-18. 

176. Add together 1-4032 hhd. and 2-7 gill. 

177. Multiply 30.6002 by two and one-ten thousandth. 

178. Divide 4.08 by .000136. 



ARITHMETIC. 15 



179. Reduce 378-135 to a decimal. 

180. Reduce 8 oz. 5 pwt. 3 gr. to the decimal of a lb. 

181. If 21 men in 12 days can do certain work, how 
many men in 7 days could do% as much? 

182. How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 feet long, 
32 feet wide, and 5 feet deep, at $0.25 a cubic yard ? 

(2:30-4:30 P. M.) 

183. A begins business with $500 ; at the end of two 
months B puts in $300 ; at the end of one month more C 
puts in $600 ; at the end of 5 months more the profits 
amount to $1056. What was each man's share ? 

184. 3 pence is what per cent, of 4 shillings ? 

185. "What sum in one year will yield $48.75 at 123^ per 
cent ? 

186. What is the bank discount on a note for $600 for 2 
months and 9 days, at 10 per cent, per annum ? 

187. I seU goods for $511.29, and gain 9^ per cent. ; 
what did the goods cost me ? 

188. At what rate will $500 yield $34 interest in 1 year 
1 month and 18 days } 

189. What is the compound interest of $200 for 3 years 
at 7 per cent ? 

190. How much gold will $100 currency buy, gold being 
at 147 .? 

191. What is the square root of 403.6081 7 

192. What is the cube root of 1061208-64000 ? 



JE^xamination IX. JTune //, 7869, 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 m.) 

193. The factors of a number are three hundred ninety- 
seven thousand five hundred, and -nine thousand sight 
hundred. What is the product expressed in words ? 

194. If one man can mow 1.875 acres in a day, how 
many acres can 13 men mow in 7.5 days ? 



16 THE regents' questions. 

195. How many reams of commercial note paper, each 
8 in. long, 5 in. wide, and 3.5 in. thick, can be packed in a 
box the inside dimensions of which are 4, 1%, and 7-12 
feet respectively ? 

196. A note given May 10, 1867, was paid August 10^ 
1868. How long did the note run ? 

196a. How long is a field containing 14 A., if it is 35 
rds. wide ? 

197. If I start from latitude 15 deg. 35 min. 40 sec. north, 
and travel due north 2159 geographic miles, in what lati- 
tude shall I then be ? 

198. How many seconds in the circumference of a cir- 
cle .? 

199. Is 317 a prime or a composite number ? 

200. The four sides of my garden are 168 ft., 280 ft., 182 
ft., and 252 feet respectively : what is the greatest length 
of boards that I can use in fencing it, without cutting any 
of them? 

201. What is the smallest sum of money for which a 
person can purchase oxen at $85 each, or cows at $35 
each? 

202. The tide rose 5-6 ft. one hour, 13-18 ft. the next, 
and ^ ft. the third hour : how much did it rise in the 
three hours? 

203. How many square rods are there in a lot 15 4-9 rd. 
long and 12 6-7 rd. wide ? 

204. If S% qts. of strawberries cost $39.50, what is the 
price per quart? 

205. The product of three factors is 19^, and two of 
them are 1 4-9 and 2^ : what is the other ? 

206. Reduce 4 da. 4 h. 48 mi. to the decimal of a week. 

(2:30-4:30 P. M.) 

207. If 5 tons of coal are equal to 9 cords of wood for 
fuel, and a family burns 31.5 cords of wood in a year, 
how much will they save by changing from wood to 



ARITHMETIC. 17 



coal, when wood is worth $4.25 per cord, and coal $6.80 
per ton ? 

208. When it is 13 o'clock m. at St. Paul, 93 deg. 10 min. 
W. Longitude, what is the time at Richmond, 77 deg. 27 
min. W. ? 

209. Reduce .06875 to the form of a common fraction 
and to its lowest terms. 

210. 24 is % per cent of what number ? 

211. What will $25,390 amount to in 7 mo., at 10 per 
cent ? 

212. When gold is worth 124, what amount of currency 
can be bought for $5,400 in gold? 

213. A's property is assessed at $6,750, and B's at $13,- 
575. A's tax is $52.65 .• how much is B's ? 

Find the unknown term in the following proportions : 

214. 7>^ : 61^ : : : 5 

215- 1:1] ■■•^- —• 

216. What is the square root of 1127750724? 



Mxami7iation X. JVoy, //, 7869^ 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

Add in figures, LXVI, MDXIX, CCIV, XVIII. 

218. From sixty-eight million nine hundred thousand 
and six, take seven million two hundred thousand and 
two. 

219. Six hundred and four is one factor, ninety-six 
thousand and seventy-three is the other : what is the pro- 
duct? 

220. Which term in division corresponds with the pro- 
duct in multiplication ? 

221. Give the method of proving division. 



18 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

222. Resolve 7498 into its prime factors. 

223. Find the greatest common divisor of 505, 707, and 
4343. 

224. Of what is the least common multiple of several 
numbers the product ? 

225. Find the smallest number that exactly contains 78, 
156 and 390. 

226. Express in words 40203-706007. 

227. Reduce 387 to eighty-fifths. 

228. What is the cost of four fields, containing respec- 
tively 4 1-9, 2X, ^% and 1 13-18 acres, at |25 an acre ? 

229. What is the rate per hour of a boat that goes 230 
-19-20 miles in 18 3-5 hours ? 

-230. Write as a decimal, 3241-1009000. 

{Nov. 12, 2-00—4:00 p. m.) 

'231. Required the area in acres, etc., of a piece of land 
- .5 of a mile long and .3 of a mile broad. 

232. From 1 lb. Troy, take 10 oz. 17 pwt. 18 gr. 

233. Sold 517 bbls. of flour for $8.10 per bbl., at a profit 
-of 8 per cent. What was the whole cost ? 

234. 1 rd. : K ^t. : : ? : $0.50. 

235. (2-5)4=? 

236. What is the square root of .0011943936 ? 

'237. What is the amount of |50, at compound interest 
■for 3 years, at 8 per cent., interest payable half-yearly ? 

238. A note for $486, dated Sept. 7, 1863, was endorsed 
as follows: Received, March 22, 1864, $125. Nov. 29, 
1864, $150. May 13, 1865, $120. What was the balance 
due April 19, 1866, the rate being 6 per cent ? 

239. What are the proceeds of a note for $426.10, pay- 
able in 57 days, with interest at 6 per cent., discounted at 
bank for 6 per cent ? 

240. If $400, at 7 per cent., in 9 mo., produce $21 inter- 
est, what will be the interest on $360, for 8 mo., at 6 per 
cent? 



ARITHMETIC. 19 



Bxamination XI, I'eb. /7, f870, 

(10:00 a. m.-12:00m.) 

241. Multiply twenty-nine millions two thousand nine 
hundred and nine, by four hundred and four thousand. 
•^42. Divide 478656785178 by 56789. 

243. Prove that your solution of the last example is 
correct. 

244. A gem weighing 2 oz. 18 pwt. 12 gr. was sold for 
$1.37 per grain : what was the sum paid? 

245. Venus is at a certain time 3 S. 18 deg. 45 min. 15 
sec. east of the sun ; Mars, 7 S. 15 deg. 36 min. 18 sec. 
east of Venus ; Jupiter, 5 S. 21 deg. 38 min. 27 sec. east 
of Mars : how far is Jupiter east of the sun ? 

246. What is the least common multiple (or dividend) 
of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 ? 

247. What is % of 9-11 of % of 4-7, expressed in low- 
est terms? 

248. Add 1-9 of % to 1-5 of 7-10. 

249. Divide 81 1-7 by 9 1-5. 

250. What is the greatest common divisor of %, 5-6, 
and 11-8? 

251. Multiply eighty-seven thousandths by fifteen mil- 
lionths. 

252. What decimal fraction is equivalent to 7-16? 

253. Keduce 6 fur. 8 rd. to the decimal of a mile. 

254. What is the value of .815625 of a pound Troy ex- 
pressed in oz. pwt. and gr. ? 

{Feb. 18, 2:00-4:00 p. m.) 

255. If $800 gain $32 in 8 mo., what is the rate per 
cent? 

256. If a man travels 117 miles in 15 days, employing 
only 9 hours a day, how far would he go in 20 days, trav- 
elling 12 hours a day ? 

257. What is the square root of 9754.60423716 ? 



30 THE regents' questions. 

258. If the extremes are 11 and 74, and the common 
difference 7, what is the sum of the series ? 

259. A man having $10,000, lost 15 per cent, of it ; what 
sum had he left ? 

260. What is the interest of $850 for 1 yr. 7 mo. 18 da., 
at 7 per cent ? 

261. How long must $165 be on intei-est at 6 per cent, to 
gam $14.85? 

263. What is the present worth of $477.71, due 4 years 
hence, discounted at 6 per cent ? 

263. What is the present worth of a note for $875.35, 
Day able in 7 mo. and 15 da., discounted at bank at 7 per 
cent } 

264. If 29 lb. of butter will purchase 40 lb. of cheese, 
how many pounds of butter will buy 79 lb. of cheese ? 



JSxafnination XII, lune 9, /870, 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 m.) 
265. Numerate, read or express in words 8096392702. 

/ Tt<0-^-HOrHC-COOT-l 
\ COOOdOCOTtlOOOOOl-Q 

■J t-coooQOocat-oo 



266. Find the sum of ■ 



1— iTt^OlOCSt^OirH-* 
Ci 05 O t- IC •* ITS 



267. 2579584239456—249187654116= ? 

268. Multiply four hundred and sixty-two thousand six 
hundred and nine, by itself. 

269. Divide 1521808704 by 6503456. 

270. If the remainder is 17, the quotient 610, and the 
dividend 45767, what is the divisor ? 

271. Resolve 7498 into its prime factors. 

272. Find the greatest common divisor of 285 and 465, 

273. What is the least common multiple, or dividend, 
of 16, 40, 96, and 105 ? 

274. In 4 da. 4 hr. 45 min., how many seconds ." 

275. Reduce 3^, K, 3^, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, to equiva- 
lent fractious having: the least common denominator. 



ARITHMETIC. 21 



276. Reduce 4 oz. 6 pwt. 9 3-5 gr. to the fraction of a 
pound, 

277. How many sq. ft. in tlie four side walls of a room 
163^ ft. long, 1.5 ft. wide, and 9 ft. high "i 

278. The product of three numbers is 6-7 ; two of the 
numbers are 23^2 and 7-9 : what is the third ? 

{June 10, 2:00-4:00 P. M.) 

279. Add together 423 ten millionths, 63 thousandths, 
35 hundredths, 4 tenths, and 56 ten thousandths. 

280. What cost 5 T. 17 cwt. 20 lb. of hay, at I30..50 per 
ton? 

281. Reduce 10 oz. 13 pwt. 9 gr. to the decimal of a 
pound Troy. 

282. Divide 0.01654144 by 0.0018, 

283. One aci-e of corn yields 80 bushels and another acre 
:20 per cent, more ; how many bushels does the second acre 
yield ? 

284. What is the amount of $794 for 4 years and 4 
months, at 7 per cent 1 

285. What is the bank discount of $600 for 3 months at 
6 per cent ? 

286. If 3-16 of a ship cost £273 2s. 6d., what will 5-32 
cost '> 

287. If $200 gain $12 in one year, what will $400 gain 
in 9 months ? 

288. Find the square root of 4 21-25. 



Bxamination XIII. J^ov. //, ^870. 
(10:00 A. M. -12:00 M.) 

289. Write in figures each of the following numbers, 
add them, and express in words (or numerate) their sum ; 
fifty-six thousand, and fourteen thousandths ; nineteen, 
and nineteen hundredths ; fifty-seven, and forty-eight ten 
thousandths; twenty-three thousand five, and four-tenths; 
and fourteenth millionths. 



22 THE regents' questions. 

290. What is the difference between 3% plus 7%, and 4 
plus 2^ ? 

291. In multiplying by more than one figure, where is 
the first figure in each partial product written, and why is 
it so written ? 

292. If the divisor is 19, the quotient 37, and the remain- 
der 11, what is the dividend? 

293. What is the quotient of 65 bu. 1 pk. 3 qt. divided 
by 12? 

294. Which one of the fundamental operations (or 
ground rules) of arithmetic is employed in reduction 
ascending ? 

295. In exchanging gold dust for cotton, by what 
weight would each be weighed ? 

296. Which is the largest prime number below 100 ? 

297. How many weeks in 8568456 minutes ? 

298. To what term in division does the value of a com- 
mon fraction correspond ? 

299. What is the product of a fraction multiplied by its 
denominator? Give an example. 

300. What is the rule for the multiplication of decimals ? 

301. How is a common fraction reduced to the deci- 
mal form? Give an example. 

302. What is 7-atio and how may it be expressed ? Illus- 
trate by one or more examples. 

[Nov. 12, 2:00-4:00 p. m.) 

303. II 27 T. 3 qr. 15 lb. of coal cost 1217.83, what will 
119 T. 1 qr. 10 lb. cost ? 

304. Find the cost of the several articles, and the 

amount of the following bill : 

Albany, October 1, 1870. 
A. P. Jewett to Samuel Palmer, Dr. 
To 16750 feet of boards at $12.50 per M., - 

" 1750 " " 24.00 " 

" 3500 " " 25.00 " 



Received payment, i 

Samuel Palmer. 



ARITHMETIC. 23' 



305. What is the length of the side of a cubical box 
which contains 389017 solid inches ? 

306. What is the present worth of the following note 
discounted at bank, and when will it become due : 

$;100. Utica, October n, 1870. 

Ninety days from date, for value received, I promise 
to pay to the order of John Smith, one hundred dollars, 
at the Albany City National Bank. 

John Brown. 

307. Involve % to the 7th power. 

308. What is the square root of .0043046721 ? 

309. Sold 9 1-6 cwt. of sugar at $SX per cwt., and 
thereby lost 13 per cent. : how much was the whole 
cost? 

310. A person owned % of a mine and sold % of his- 
interest for $1710: what was the value of the entire 
mine ? 

311. When it is 2 h. 36 m. a. m. at the Cape of Good 
Hope, in longitude 18° 24/ east, what is the time at Cape 
Horn, in longitude 67*^ 21' west.' 

312. What is the cost of 17 T. 18 cwt. 1 qr. 17 lb. oi 
potash at 153.80 per ton ? 



Examination XIT. Feb. 2S, 787T\- 
(10:00 A. m.-12:00m.) 

313. Express in words the number 42567000129301. 

314. Multiply five hundred and forty thousand six hun-- 
dred and nine by seventeen hundred and fifty. 

315. Give the rule for reduction descending. 

316. How many steps of two and one-half feet each, 
would a man take in walking a mile ? 

317. How is a whole number reduced to a fraction of; 
the same value having a given denominator ? 



24 THE regents' questions. 

318. What is the value of % of ^ of 3^ of Ji when 
reduced to a simple fraction of the lowest terms ? 

319. Give the rule for reducing several fractions to equiv- 
alent fractions having the least common denominator. 

320. Add Z% to 4 21-38. 

321. Write in figures, two and six hundred-millionths. 

322. Reduce 7-625 to the equivalent decimal form. 

323. Multiply seven thousand and five, by three-hundred- 
and-five millionths. 

324. Divide .5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17>^. 

325. The ratio of two numbers is 9, and the antecedent 
90 : what is the consequent ? 

326. Find the value of the omitted term in the following 
proportion : 

$4: (?) : : 9 : 16. 

{Feb. 24, 2:00-4:00 p. M.) 

327. If 56 lb. of butter cost 815.68, what will .078 of a 
ton cost.'' 

328. If 96 horses eat 192 tons of hay in one winter, how 
many tons will 150 horses eat in 6 winters .' 

329. In 1 yr. 4 mo., -SSll.oO amounted to $336.42 at sim- 
ple interest : what was the rate per cent. ? 

330. What is the interest of S14231.50 from June 15, 
1865, to April 30, 1870, at 8 per cent? 

331. What is the value of a pile of wood 34 ft. long, 3 
ft. wide and 5X ft. high, at $7.88 per cord.^* 

332. How much will it cost to carpet a parlor 18 feet 
square, with carpeting %_ yd. wide, at $1.50 per yard.^ 

333. The difference in the local time of two places is 
2h. 18m. : what is the difference in longitude.' 

334. 33 is 2% per cent, of what number "i 

335. What is the length iii rods of each side of a square 
field which contains 66 A. 1 R. 9sq. rd.' 

336. A note for $470.66 drawn at 60 days, is discounted 
at bank at 6 per cent : what are the proceeds "i 



ARITHMETIC. 25 



£!xaniination XY. J^^u^ie 8, fS?/- 
(10:00 A. M -1:^:00 M.) 

(1) 70100.3043875 («) 10257235K 

(2) 20514471 C) 1282154.4375 

(3) 641077.21875 («) 90169.0004 

(4) 2564308.875 (») 5128617.75 

(5) 320538.609375 (lo) 160269.3046875 

337. Arrange the above numbers as required for addi- 
tion, and find their sum. 

338. What special name or names are given to the 
period (.), as an arithmetical sign ; and what is its use in 
arithmetic "H 

339. What two denominations of currency are separated 
and distinguished from each other by the sign referred to 
in question 338 ? 

340. Mention two or more arithmetical processes or 
rules in which " pointing off into periods " is required. 

341. Copy the number marked (i) ; then point it off into 
periods and numerate it. 

342. What arithmetical operation would change the 
value of (5) to 32.0538609375 } 

34.3. Subtract the number (i) from the number (8). 

344. Multiply (0 by (s). 

345. Divide («) by (3) and indicate, by the use of the 
proper arithmetical sign, whether the quotient is an 
integral, fractional or mixed number. 

346. Change the decimal part of (S) to the form of a 
common (or vulgar) fraction, and then reduce it to its 
lowest terms. 

347. Find the prime factors of the integral part of (O- 

348. Regarding {}) as so many square inches, how many 
square acres, roods, rods, feet and inches would be the 
equivalent of this expression ? 

349. Regarding the fractional part of (*) as the decima;! 
of a pound avoirdupois, to how many ounces would it be 
equivalent ? 



26 THE regents' questions. 

850. Represent the first four figures of (^°) by the Roman 
notation. 

(Jwie 9, 2:00-4:00 p. m.) 

351. Copy the following bill of items, find the cost of 
each item, insert it in its proper place on the right, and 
find the total amount : 

Albany, May 30, 1871. 

Mr. J. B. WOODWORTH, 

To A. & E. C. KOONZ, Dr. 

To 75 yds. carpeting, @ $2.50 $ 

"42 " druiiget, @ SI. 873^ 

'' 6 mats, @' $3.25 

" 18 rugs, @ $22.80 

" 81 yds. oilcloth, @ $1.10 

$ 
Received Payment, 

A. & E. C. KooNZ. 

852. Suppose that you buy of D. Appleton & Co., of 
New York, 5 reams of note paper, at $3.25 per ream ; 
4,500 envelopes, at $4.75 per M. ; 24 boxes of steel pens, at 
$1,123^ per box ; 6 French dictionaries, at $1.50 each ; and 
3 photographic albums, at $5.75 each. Make out the bill 
in regular form, as in Q. 851. 

353. Suppose further that the Messrs. Appleton consent 
to discount 12 per cent, from the amount of the fore- 
going items : how nmch would the required payment 
become ? 

354. Analyze (or explain in Avords the method of solving) 
the following example : If 6 men can do a piece of work 
in 10 days, how long will it take 5 men to do it ? 

355. Define Ratio. 

856. Define Proportion. 

357. Define Rule of Three. 

358. Solve the following example by the Rule of Three 
(or proportion): If a railroad car goes 17 miles in 45 
minutes, how far will it go in 5 hours at the same rate ? 



ARITHMETIC. 27 



359. J. Ayers has D. Howe's note for 11,728, dated Dec^ 
29, 1869 : what will be the amount Oct. 9, 1872, at 9 per 
cent ? * 

360. What principal will gain 15.11, in 3 years and 6" 
months, at 8 per cent ? 



Bxami7iation XVI. JVor, 9, 787^> 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

361. Express by figures the number : five trillions eighty 
billions nine millions and one. 
363. Add the following numbers : 

(1) Two hundred and ten thousand four hundred ; 

(2) One hundred thousand five hundred and ten ; 

(3) Ninety thousand six hundred and eleven ; 

(4) Forty-two hundred and twenty-five ; 
(s) Eight hundred and ten. 

363. The first number {}) in Q. 362, being taken as a 
minuend, and the second number (2) in the same question 
as a remainder, what will the substrahend be, expressedin 
words ? 

364. What is the product of the numbers (3) and (*) in 
Q. 362 ? 

365. The quotient of one number divided by another i& 
37 ; the divisor, 246 ; the remainder, 230 ; what is the- 
dividend ? 

366. What is the greatest common divisor of 1649 and 
5423? 

367. What is the least common multiple (or dividend) of 
21, 35, and 42.? 

368. What is the value of 6 2-9 divided by 8% ? 

369. How many yards of cloth 4-5 of a yard wide are 
equivalent to 12 yards ^ of a yard wide ? 

370. Change 4-7 to an equivalent fraction having 91 for 
its denominator. 



28 THE regents' questions. 

371. The difference between 6-7 and 7-8 of a number is 
10 : what is tliat number ? 
373. What is the sum of %, 1 7-12, 10 5-6, and^5 ? 

373. What will 4868 bricks cost, at ^4.75 per M. ? 

374. An open court contains 40 square yards : how 
many stones, 9 inches square, will be required to pave it ? 

QKov. 10, 2:00-4:00 p. M.) 

375. Change .0008 to a common fraction, 

376. Change 3-800 to a decimal. 

377. How many cords of wood could be piled in a shed 
50 ft. long, 25 ft. wide and 10 ft. high .' 

378. How many acres of city land at ^2 per square foot, 
could be bought for a half million dollars ? 

379. Change 10 oz. 13 pwt. 9 gr. to the decimal of a 
pound Troy. 

380. A man owning 4-5 of an iron foundry, sold 35 per 
cent, of his share : what part did he still own ? 

381. T\Tiat will be the amount, at simple interest, of 
■835.61, from Nov. 11, 1869, to Dec. 15. 1871. at 6 per cent ? 

382. If the consequent be % and the ratio ^^, what is 
the antecedent ? 

383. At the rate of 9 yards for £5 12s. how many yards 
of cloth can be bought for £44 16s ? 

384. What is the square root of 576.02880036 ? 



^Examination XVII. F'eb. 27, 7872. 

(10:00 A. >r.-l2:00 M.) 

385. Add seven hundred and four ; sixty thousand four 
hundred ; five millions eight thousand and sixty; 912875 ; 
thirty thousand and forty-nine : seven hundred and seven 
thousand nine hundred and six 



ARITHMETIC. 39 



386. A had $3958, B $1463; A lost -$1365, B gained 11165 : 
which then had the most, and how much ? 

387. A peddler bought 491 yards of cloth at 81 cts. a 
yard ; he used 29 yards, and sold the rest at 95 cts. a yard: 
how much did he gain ? 

388. A city had 1311205 at the beginning of the year ; 
the income of the year was 1884743, and the expenses 
1896756 : what was the balance on hand at the end of the 
year ? 

389. A man exchanged 159 cords of wood at |5 a cord, 
for a horse valued at $144, and the balance in sheep at $3 
apiece : how many sheep did he receive 1 

390. How many pieces of muslin, each containing 
33 yards, must be sold at 14ct. 5m. a yard to realize 
$1339.80 .? 

391. How many sq. yd. of paving in a street are there, 
2700ft. long and 40ft. wide ? 

392. At noon on Thursday, a ship was in north latitude 
28 deg. 15 min. 35 sec. ; it then sailed north till Saturday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock, when it was in north latitude 41 
deg. 34 min. 35 see. : what was its average motion per 
hour, in geographical miles ? 

393. % of 9-10 of 11-12 of 8-9 of 5-6 of 20 4-7--what ? 

394. Sold a team for $183 4-5, losing |24>^ : for how 
much should I have sold it to gain $39 7-10 1 

395 A man having 105% A. of land, exchanged 1-6 of 
it for wood, at the rate of 103^ C. per A. : how many C. 
did he receive ? 

396. Multiply the quotient of 14 2-5 divided by 6 6-7, by 
the quotient of 5 5-9 divided by 7 7-11. 

397. Reduce 9000000 in. to mi. 

398. What is the cost of a field 77 rd. long and 41 rd. 
wide, at il7.60 an A. "i 

{Feb. 28, 2:00-4:00 p. m.) 

399. If 4.2 yd. of cloth cost $15, what will 8 yd. 3 qr. 

eost ? 



30 THE regents' questions. 

400. If a loaf weighing 12 4-5 oz. is worth 2 cts., when 
flour is $4 a bbl., what is the value of a loaf weighing 10% 
oz., when flour is $6 2-5 a bbl. 7 

301. A man bought 350 A. of land for 840 an acre, and 
«old a part for $2,240, at the same rate : what per cent, of 
the land did he sell ? 

402. At 6 per cent., what is the interest of $720 for 3 yrs. 
4 mo. 16 da. ? 

403. Sold 50 bbls. of wine, each containing 31 gal. 2 qt., 
at $2.40 a gal., receiving a note at 90 days without grace : 
what would be the proceeds of this note, discounted at 
1}4 per cent ? 

404. A, B and C bought a horse for $100 and sold him 
-for $1.50, by which A. gained $18 and B $19 : how much 
liad each paid for the horse ? 

405. A man had a yard 38 ft. long and 27 ft. wide : he 
reserved two grass plats each 8 ft. square, and had the 
rest paved with stone, at 45 cts. a sq. yd. : what did the 
paving cost ? 

406. The product of two equal factors is 34225 : what is 
€ach factor ? 

407. Find the sum of 10 terms of the geometric series 
3, 6, 12, etc. 

408. If January 1 is Sunday, how much can a man 
earn in the first three months of a leap year, at $1.25 per 
•day, not working Sundays ? 



Examination XYIIT. June 6, 7872, 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

409. If the minuend be 69 trillion and the difference 85 
biUion, what is the subtrahend ? 

410. If 892 is one factor, and 28544 the product, what is 
the other factor "i 



ARITHMETIC. 31 



411. Resolve 180 into its prime factors. 

413. Find the greatest common divisor of 222 and 564. 

413. Reduce 8692 to a fraction whose denominator is 25. 

414. What cost 5% cords of wood at 17.56 a cord ? 

415. 5-7 of 10-12 divided by 5-19 of % of 2-9 equals 
what ? 

416. A body of 4800 troops has 1-5 as many calvary as 
infantry : what is the number of infantry ? 

417. 3 6-7 plus 2 5-8 plus 7 8-12 equals what ? 

418. The product of three numbers is 74 1-5 ; two of 
them are 8 1-7 and 6 1-13 : what is the third 

419. Reduce 2 m. 5 f. 13 r. 4 rd. 2 ft. to inches. 

420. What would be the cost of enough oil cloth to cover 
a room 12x16)^ feet, at 75 cts. per sq. yd. ? 

{June 6, 2:00-4:00 P. M.) 

421. At $198 per lb., what would be the cost of 10 oz. 10 
pwt. 10 gr. of gold ? 

422. What is the difference in time of two places whose 
longitudes differ 7 degrees, 8 minutes and 4 seconds ? 

423. Write in figures (the fractional part as decimal) the 
number : seven million and one ten-millionth. 

424. 49.2654756 divided by .0750=what ? 

425. Reduce .8975 of a week, to whole numbers of lower 
denominations. 

426. W^hat is the amount of $1000, for 7 y. 10 m. 18 d., 
at 6 per cent, simple interest ? 

427. What is the present worth of $1609.30 for 10 m. 
24 d., discounted at 5 per cent.' 

428. For what must apples, which cost $1.25, be sold to 
gain 20 per cent ? 

429. If $800 yield $56 interest in a certain time, what 
will $390 yield at the same rate ? 

430. If a 3-cent loaf weigh 2 oz., when flour is $7.50 per 
bbl., what should a 12-cent loaf weigh when flour is $16 
per barrel ? 



32 THE regents' questions. 

431. What number expresses the difference between the 
square and the cube of 24 ? 
, 433. What is the square root of 353009 ? 



Examination XIX, jYov, 7, 7872. 

(10:00 A. M.-13:00 M.) 

433. Write in figures : twenty quintillions, two hundred 
and seven billions, six hundred millions, six thousand and 
fifty-nine, 

434. Express in words : 234000000600317010. 

435. Add 10037.5, 406780, 4673005, 4113, 18365791, 3478, 
and 1643,57. 

436. Find the sum (in Roman notation) of LXVI, 
MDXIX, CCIV, XVIII. 

437. The factors of a certain number are 53, 7, 5, and 
107 : what is that number ? 

438. 346515999541 divided by 28653-=what ? 

439. What are the prime factors of 6006 .' 

440. What is the greatest common divisor of 3368 and 
344.? 

441. Find the least com. multiple of the 9 digits. 

443. Reduce %^ 4-15, X, and 2 1-7, to equivalent numbers, 
having the least common denominator. 

443. What would be the whole cost of four fields, con- 
taining respectively, 4 1-7, 33^, 3%, and 1 13-18 acres, at 
$25 an acre "i 

444. Reduce 3-7x%x5-6x4-l 1x1 1-13x6-7x8-9, to a single 
fraction of the lowest terms. 

{No'\). 8, 2:00^:00 p. M.) 

445. If a man make $1 17-20 on the sale of one table, 
how many tables must he sell to make %%!% 1 



ARITHMETIC. 33 



446. A. Barnes, of Lee, sold B. Brown the following 
articles : April 1, 1872, 24 yds. black silk, at $2.25 a yd. ; 
April 3. 2 pieces calico, 40 yds. each, at oOc. a yd. ; May 2, 
4 dress patterns, at 1^6.75 a pattern ; May 9, 223^ yds. linen, 
at f 1. 12 a yd. Brown paid $5.5 on account. Make out his 
bill in proper form, showing balance due. 

447. At 35 c. per sq. yd., what would it cost to plaster a 
wall 15 ft. high and 54 ft. long ? 

448. How much wood in three piles, the first of which 
contains 10 cd. 6 cd. ft. 4 cu. ft. ; the second 12 cd. 12 
en. ft. ; the third, 17 cd., 1 cd. ft. ? 

449. Divide the sum of five thousand and two thous- 
andths, by two hundredths. 

4.50. $10 is 12 per cent, of what number ? 

4.51. What is the amount of $2160 from March 10 to 
Dec. 1, at 5 per cent? 

452. How much must be invested, at 7 per cent, simple 
interest, to yield an annual income of $630 ? 

453. A note for $1800, payable in 60 days, was dis- 
counted at bank, at 6 per cent. : how much did the holder 
receive ? 

454. What cost 9 hats, if 5 hats cost £4 5s. ? 

455. If the wages of 6 men, for 14 days, are $126, 
what, at the same rate, would be the wages of 9 men, for 
16 days ? 

456. Extract the square root of 6.. 5.536. 



Bxaminatio?! XX. J^eb. 27, 7873^ 

(10:00 a. m.-12:00m.) 

457, Write in words the number represented by the 
figures : 2046316^86135. 



34 THE regents' questions. 

458. Express in figures : fifty-seven billions fifty-nine 
millions ninety thousand and forty-seven. 

Tf U'l C. C^ Tf X cr. m C- ?■! O •>£ I> 3i C-l I 

d.'iQ Aflrl- cc?cx — li^t-OTtGOOomaoocc 

•tOV rlUU . ?:!£-- ?} ;C-^ICC5^-0'* I— irf 

-— C~i CO ^a \ 

460. From 501.505010678 take 794090589. 

461. Multiply ninety thousand eight hundred and seven, 
by nine thousand one hundred and sis. 

462. 18 A. R. 14 p. equal how many square feet ? 

463. 31557600 seconds equal how many days .' 

464. From 61 S. 15 deg. 36 min. 15 sec. take 53 S. 18 
deg. 50 min. 18 sec. 

465. If 84 loads of hay weigh 201 T. 6 cwt. qr. 12 lb., 
what will 5 loads weigh ? 

466. What are the prime factors of 19965 ? 

467. Find the least common multiple of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 

468. Eeduce 5-7x3-15x4-16x8^x31-5 to a simple fraction 
of the lowest terms. 

469. Eeduce 4-9, %, X, }£, 1-6 and 1-12 to equivalent 
fractions having the least common denominator. 

470. What is the sum of ^, 5-6, % and 1-12.!' 

{Feb. 28, 2:00-4:00 p. m.) 

471. Divide 116 3-7 by 14 1-7. (Give the answer as a 
mixed number, with its fraction of the lowest terms.) 

472. Reduce 4-7 of a grain to the fraction of a pound 
Troy. 

473. Paid 84355.52 for 49 6-7 pieces of carpeting : what 
would 37 5-7 pieces cost, at the same rate ? 

474. Multiply eighty-seven thousandths by fifteeu 
miUionths. 

475. What decimal fraction is equivalent to 7-16 ? 

476. What is 5 per cent, of 8789 .' 

477. What is the interest of $1165.50, for 5 yr. 3 mo. 9 
da., at 7 per cent ? 

478. What is the bank discount on |780 for 30 days ? 



ARITHMETIC. 35 

479. If A travels 117 miles in 15 days, employing 9 hours 
a day, how far would he go in 20 days, travelling 12 hours 
a day (at the same rate per hour) ? 

480. What is the square root of 23804641 ? 



Mxamhiation XXI. lune 5, 787S» 
(10:00 A. M.-12:00 m.) 

481. Write 1873 in Roman characters. 

482. What is Notation ? 

483. Write in words : 9008007006. 

484. To what number must 962 be added three times to 
make 8472 ? 

485. ^9843.621 plus $4687.32 plus $84,321 plus $.07 plus 
f .64 plus $973,241= 7 

486. Reduce 53684/' to numbers of higher denomina- 
tions. 

487. Reduce .8975 of a week to whole numbers of lower 
-denominations. 

488. What cost 10 3-5 tons of coal, at |7 5-6 a ton.? 

489. 108^ 12-17x7-11— K= ? 

490. Find the least common multiple of 12, 1 and 28. 

491. Reduce 13-18, 12-27, and 8 5-6 to the least common 
•denominator. 

492. A cubic foot of granite weighs 163 lb. 5 oz. : what 
is the weight of a block 3 ft. 2 2-5 in. long, 2 ft. 4 in. wide, 
■and 1 ft. 3 in. thick .? 

(Jwne 6, 2:00-4:00 P. M.) 

493. How many linear yards of carpeting m yd. wide 
will cover a floor 18 ft. square 7 

494. When snow is uniformly 6 inches deep, how many 
<;ubic feet are there on one acre of land ? 



36 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

495. Charles Fuller bought of James Monroe, at West 
Troy, N. T., May 4, 1873, 1 horse for §95, 2 cows at $50 
each, 1 wagon for 862, 3 shovels at §1.12 each, and 30 
bushels of corn at $0.65 per bushel, paying cash in full. 
Make the bill in due form. 

496. A cistern can be emptied by 7 pipes of equal capacity 
in 35 minutes : in what time can it be emptied if only 5 
pipes are open ? 

497. If 12 per cent, of $97.50 be lost, what amount will 
remain "i 

498. What is the simple interest of §200 for 4 yr. 6 mo. 
3d., at 7 per cent 1 

499. Find the bank discount of $1000 for 3 mo„ at 7 
per cent. 

500. If 9 lb. of lead make 150 bullets, how many bullets 
can be made from 105 lb. ? 

(Solve by proportion and cancellation.) 
.501. If the wages of 75 boys for 84 days were §68.75, 
how many days could 90 boys be employed at the same 
rate, for §41.25? (Solve by double proportion.) 

502. What is the difiference between the square and the 
cube of 24 ? 

503. What is the square root of 253009 ? 

504. 1-8 of a number exceeds 1-9 of it by 20 : what is 
that number .' 



Bxaminaiion XXII. JVor, e, /S7S. 

(10:00 A. M. -12:00 M.) 

505. Find the sum of % of 9 3-5 and 4-5 of 28 1-6. 

506. Find the difference between 3% plus 7 3-5 and 4 
plus 2 3-7. 

507. The product of three factors is 19)^, and two of 
them are 4-9 and % : what is the other ? 

508. Divide .5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17K. 



ARITHMETIC. 37 



509. What is the value of 6 2-9 divided by 8%., as a simple 
fraction ? 

510. What is the value of .815625 of a pound Troy 
■expressed in oz. pwt. and gr. ? 

511. Reduce 4 da. 4 hr. 48 mi. to the decimal of a wk. 

512. A person owned 5-8 of a mine and sold % of his 
interest for $1710 : find the value of the entire mine. 

513. Sold 9 3-8 cwt. of sugar at $8 per cwt., and thereby 
lost 20 per cent : what was the whole cost t 

514. A man, owning 4-5 of a bank, sold 35 per cent, of 
iis share : what per cent, of the whole was left ? 

515. A's property is assessed at $6,750, and B's at $13,550. 
A's tax is $55.35 : how much is B's ? 

516. How many acres could 10 men plough in 14 hours 
if 7 men plough 6 acres in 123^ hours ? 

{Nov, 7, 2:00-4:00 P. M.) 

537. What is the simple interest on $200 for 3 years and 
10 months, at 7 per cent ? 

518. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $348.88, at 
simple interest : what was the rate per cent ? 

519. What is the amount of $1000, for 7 yr, 10 mo. 18 
da., at 6 per cent, simple interest ? 

520. What sum, at 9 per cent, simple interest, will 
amount to $286.00, in 3 years, 4 months ? 

521. A note for $470.66, drawn at 60 days, is discounted 
at bank at 6 per cent : what are the proceeds .? 

522. What is the amount of $50, at compound interest 
lor 3 years, at 8 per cent, interest payable half-yearly ? 

523. J. Ayers has D, Howe's note for $1,728 dated Dec. 
29, 1869 : what was the amount Oct. 9, 1873, at 9 per 
cent., with interest from date 7 

524. What is the value in currency of $865 in gold, when 
the latter is selling at 107 per cent ? 

525. How much gold will $100 currency buy, gold being 
at 111 7 



38 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

526. Suppose that you buy of D. Appleton & Co., of 
New York, 5 reams of note paper, at $3,25 per ream; 
4.500 envelopes, at §4.75 per M. ; 24 boxes of steel pens, 
at $1,123^ per box ; 6 French dictionaries, at $1.50 each; 
and 3 photographic albums, at §5.75 each. Make a bill 
for D. Appleton & Co., against yourself, in regular form. 

527. A man had a yard 38 ft. long and 27 ft. wide ; he 
reserved two grass plats, each 8 ft. square, and had the 
rest paved with stone, at 45cts. a sq. yd. : what did the 
paving cost .^ 

528. How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 feet long,. 
32 feet wide, and 5 feet deep, at §0.25 a cubic yard ." 



Examination XXIII, Feb. 26, 787 J^^ 

(10:00 A. ii.-12:00 M.) 

529. Find the smallest number which will exactly con- 
tain 9, 15. 18 and 20. 

530. If 5 be added to each term of the fraction 5-3, by 
"what number will its value be diminished ? 

531. If .0001 is the dividend, and 1.25 the divisor, what 
is the quotient .' 

532. What wiU 28 sq. yd. 129 sq. ft. of land cost at 12 
cts. per square foot ? 

533. What is the cost of 4565 ft. of joist, at ^23 per M., 
and 13640 ft. of boards at $53.55 per M. ? 

534. If 32% sq. yds. of carpeting will cover a floor 14 f t» 
wide, what is the length of the floor .' 

5-35. If a load of wood is 8 ft. long and 3 ft. wide, how 
high must it be to contain a cord ? 

536. What decimal of a short ^on is % of an ounce ? 

537. 20004 plus (20.10ix5.07j— (6.44^- .0005)= .? 

538. What part of 2 2-5 is {% of % of 2-5-f- %) ? 

539. Reduce .3945 of a day to lower denominations. 



ARITHMETIC. 39 



540. An agent received $67.50 for collecting $4500 : v.iiat 
was the rate per cent, of his commission ? 

541. How many cubic ft. in a rectangular beam, 24 ft. 6 
in. long. 1 ft. 9 in. wide, and 1 ft. 2}4, in. thick ? 

{Feb. 27, 2:00-4:00 p. M.) 

542. How much shall I gain by borrowing S3.560 for 1 
yr. 6 mo. 10 da., at 6 per cent., and lending it at 7 per 
cent, for the same length of time ? 

543. What is the amount of $1450.40 from April 19, 1872, 
to xA.ugust 3, 1873, at 6 per cent ? 

544. What is the difference between the greatest 
common divisor of 30 and 42, and their least common 
multiple .' 

545. A 63-gallon cask is 3-5 full of wine: if 27.625 
gallons should leak out, the wine remaining will be what 
decimal part of the full cask ? 

546. James Riley & Co. bought, July 7, 1873, of Joseph 
Herr. Trenton, N. J., 15 tons of coal at $6.50 per ton ; 19 
tons of coal at 18.25 per ton ; and 14)^ cords of wood at 
$5.20 per cord. Make a bill of the purchase, and receipt 
it fo:- Joseph Herr. 

547. How much must be paid for 41 gal. 2 qt. 1% pt. of 
molasses, at 72 cts. a gallon ? 

548. If 11-12 of a ton of a hay cost $18.50, how much 
will two loads cost, one weighing 5-6 of a ton and the 
other 13-24 of a ton ? 

549. What is the difference between the true and the 
bank discount of $300, for 3 mo., at 8 per cent .' 

550. What principal on interest at 7 per cent., from 
April 9. 1871, to Sept. 5, 1873, will amount to $1477.59.' 

551. The difference between the interest of $600, and 
that of $750, at 5 per cent, for a certain time, is $18.75. 
What is the time ? 

552. If 18 men can dig a trench 30 yd. long, in 24 da., 
by working 8 hr. a day, how many men can dig a trench 
60 yd. long, in 64 da., working 6 hr. a day ? 



40 THE regents' questions. 

Examination XXIY, J^une /t-y 787^^ 
(10:00 A. M.-13:00 M.) 

553. What is the sum of 3912, 400005, 631%, 736863, 
,<X)0803, 60708010, 4 4-1000, and 390.68042. 

554. Subtract 4-25 of 9^, from 5-21 of 151 1-5. 

555. What will 250 miles of telegraph wire cost at 3 cts. 
per foot ? 

556. When it is noon at the Cape of Good Hope, in 
longitude 18 deg. 24 min. east, what is the time at Cape 
Horn, in longitude 67 deg, 21 min. west .'' 

557. How many cords of wood in a pile 140 ft. long, 4)^ 
ft. wide and 63>i ft, hi2:h ? 

558. Required the area in acres, etc, of a piece of land 
.5 of a mile long and .3 of a mile broad. 

559 How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 feet long, 
32 ft wide, and 5 ft. deep, at S0.25 a cubic yd, ? 

560. 1-5 of a qr. is what per cent, of 2-5 of a cwt. 1 

561. Reduce 7-9 lb. Troy to units of lower denomina- 
tions, 

562. How much gold will §100 currency buy, gold being 
at 113 .» 

563. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to 8326.42, at 
simple interest : what was the rate per cent .' 

564. What sum, at 7 per cent, simple interest, will 
amount to $221.07. in 3 years 4 months ? 

565. A note for $170.66, drawn at 60 days, is discounted 
at bank at 6 per cent. : what are the proceeds ? . 

566. What is the amount of $50, for 2 years, at 8 per 
cent, compound interest, payable half-yearly ? 

{June 5, 10:00 A. M.-12:00 M,) 

567. The four sides of my garden are 168 ft,, 280 ft,, 
182 ft, and 252 ft., respectively. What is the greatest 
length of boards that I can use in fencing it, without 
cutting any of them ? 



ARITHMETIC. 41 



568. In the last example, suppose that each board is 8 
in. wide and that the fence is 5 boards high : how many 
sq. ft. of boards will it require to fence the garden ? 

569. Suppose that you sell to John Clarke, New York, 
for cash, 75 yards of carpet, $1 55 per yards ; 30 yards 
drugget, at $1.30 per yard ; 5 mats, at $3.15 each ; and 35 
yards oil cloth, at $1.05 per yard. Make a receipted bill 
of these articles, in regular form. 

570. What is the value of (2-9xM plus 3 2-7) divided by 
23-84.5 

571. What is the least number thas 8, 12 and 16 will each 
divide without remainder ? 

572. What will 11 lb. 4 oz. of tea cost, if 3 lb. 12 oz. 
cost $3.50 ? (Solve by proportion). 

573. If a man travels 107 miles in $15 days, employing 
only 9 hours a day, how far would he go in 20 days, travel- 
ling 12 hours a day, at the same rate per hour ? 

574. What debt can be discharged in a year by weekly 
payments in arithmetical progression, the first being $34, 
and the last $1,224 ? 

575. What is the length, in feet and inches, of each side 
of a square carpet, made from 208X yds. of Brussels carpet- 
ing, % yd. wide ? 

576. What is the length of the side of a cubical box 
which contains 389017 solid inches ? 



Bxamination XXr. JVoy. 6, f874; 

(10:00 A. M.-13:00 M.) 

577. Find the sum of the following numbers, arranging 
them properly for addition : 14.3351 ; 651.013 ; 3.319 ; 
.0374; .00146. 

578. Multiply 4.44 ; 5.555 ; 6 33 ; .5. 

579. Divide 6.435945 by 4027.5. 



42 THE regents' questions. 

580. Find the sum of 16 1-5, 21-25, and 81-35. 

581. Find the product of 16-21, %, 3-17. 

582. If 3% bu. of oats cost ^2%, what will 2 bu. cost ? 

583. Resolve 122,850 into its prime factors. 

584. Find the greatest common divisor of 195, 285, and 
315. 

585. Find the least common multiple of 49, 14, 84, 168, 
and 98. 

586. Sold 2462 feet of boards, at $ 7.25 per 1000. 

600 " scantling, " 11.75 " 1000. 
1012 " plank, " 1.25 " 100. 
77 "hewn timber" .15 " foot. 
Write a bill of the same and receipt it. The seller may 
be John Smith, the buyer James Brown. 

587 What part of 7-9 of a mile is 4% rods, expressed 
in decimals ? 

588. The longitude of New York city is 73 deg. 58 min. 
54.43 sec. W. ; of Buffalo, 78 deg. 53 min. 25 sec. W. 
What is the difference of time ? 

{Nov. 6, 10:00 A. m.-12:00 m ) 

589. Write the rule for multiplication of decimals. 

590. Write the rule for division of decimals. 

591. Define ratio, state how it may be expressed, what 
each term is called, and give an example. 

592. The same of proportion. 

593. What is either extreme of a proportion equal to ? 
What either jnean ? 

594. What is the simple interest on $2,500 for 1 yr. 8mo. 
12 da., at 7 per cent ? 

595. A has a note against B. for |1,728, payable 90 days 
after date, without interest, which he gets discounted at 
bank at the rate of 7 per cent. : what does he receive .'* 

596. Extract the square root of 1104601. 

597. If a man can do a piece of work in 20 days, 
working 10 hours a day, how long will it take him to 



AKITHMETIC. 43- 



do the same if he works 12 hours a day ? (Solve by- 
proportion.) 

598. A farmer puts a flock of sheep in three pastures ; 
in the first he puts >g of his flock, in the second X, and 
in the third 32 sheep. How many has he ? Solve by 
analysis.) 

599. Find 12 per cent, of $1-12. 

600. A commission merchant sold 500 pieces of muslin, 
each piece containina; 21 yards, for 23 cents a yard : what 
is his commission, at 23^ per cent .'' 



Bxaminatio7i XXTI, Feb. 25, 7875. 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

601. The population of Me. is 627, 413; of N. H., 301,471,-, 
of Vt., 300,187; of Mass., 1,240,499 ; of Conn., 410,749 ; of 
R. I., 192,815. What is the aggregate population of these- 
States ? 

602. B had $12,311 ; and after paying his debts, and 
giving away $2,108, he has $8,199 left. What was the 
amount of his debts ? 

603. How many peaches in an orchard of 14 rows of 
trees, each row having 27 trees and each tree 108 peaches ? 

604. How many cheeses, of 45 lbs. each, at 12 cts. per 
lb., will pay for 15 bbls. of apples, each containing 3 bu., 
at 84 cts. per bushel ? 

605. Add 8 8-13, 29-39, and 52-65. 

606. What cost 33)^ lbs. of tea, at 93% cts. per lb. ? 

607. 100 27-30-^- 66^=what ? 

608. Write as a decimal, and in words, 18-100000. 

609. 6.43875-H- 4027.5-=.? 

610. Anna Lee buys of Eva Cole, for cash, 18 yds. of 
calico, at 12% cts. per yd. ; 12 yds. muslin, at 17 cts. ; 



44 THE regents' questions. 

23^ yds. linen at 74 cts. ; and 9 spools thread, at 7 cts. 
Make a bill in due form. 

611. What decimal part of a mile is 7i rds., .5 yds. .' 

612. The circumference of one carriage wheel is 13 ft. 
9 in., and that of another 16 ft. 6 in. How many more 
times will one turn than the other in going 30 miles ? 

[Feb. 36, 10:00 A. m. -12:00 m.) 

613. What cost S,83i lbs. of hay, at §1.5 per ton ? 

61-i. The means and one extreme of a proportion being 
■given, how may the other extreme be found ? 

61.5. The extremes and one mean being given, how may 
the other mean be found ? 

616. Give an example of No. 614, and solve it. 

617. Give an example of No. 615, and solve it. 

618. If 20 yds. of cloth ^ of a yd, wide are required 
lor a dress, what must be the width of a piece 12 yds. 
long, to answer the same purpose ? (Solve by proportion ) 

619. If a man can walk 250 mi. in 9 da. of 12 hr. each, 
how many da. of 10 hr. each would he spend in walking 
■400 mi. ? (Solve by double proportion.) 

620. A boy bought eggs at the rate of 3 for 5 cts., and 
sold them at the rate of 4 for 7 cts., clearing 9 cents : how 
many did he buy ? (Solve by analysis.) 

631. A commission merchant sold .500 pieces of cloth for 
•f30 a piece, and paid the owner $14,700: what was the 
rate of his commission ? 

622. A store was insured for $12,000 at the rate of X 
per cent, and the goods for $15,000, at 1}£ per cent : what 
was the entire premium ? 

623. What will be the proceeds of a note for $1,000, 
without interest, payable at bank, in 60 days, at 6 per 
•cent ? 

624. A man being asked his age, replied, if you add to 
its half, its third and three times three, the sum will be 
130 •• what was his age ? 



I 



ARITHMETIC. 45 



Bxami?iation XXVII. Ju7ie S, 7875, 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

625. The quotient is 71, the divisor 42, and the remain- 
der 15: what is the dividend ? 

626. What will be the cost of 2760 lbs. of hay at 18.50 
a ton ? 

627. From 17^, take 3-5 of 16)^, and multiply the re- 
mainder by %. 

628. A lady bought 6 silver spoons, each weighing 3 oz. 
3pwt. 8gr., at 12.25 an oz., and a gold chain weighing 14 
pwt., at $1.25 a pwt. : what was the cost of both spoons 
and chain ? 

629. From 15 ten-thousandths take 27 millionths, and 
multiply the difference by 1^0.5. 

630. Reduce 6.25 of a pound Troy to lower integers. 

631. How many seconds are there in the three summer 
months .^ 

632. How many acres are there in a street 4 rods wide 
and 23^ miles long .' 

633. Reduce 4s. 6d. to the decimal of a £ sterling. 

634. A quantity of sugar was bought for $150, and sold 
for il67.50 : what was the gain per cent.^ 

635. Mrs. C. B. Jones bought of Cole, Steel & Co., of 
Detroit, as follows : Nov. 12, 1874, 23 yds. calico @ 16c. ; 
45 yds. sheeting @ 20c. ; Dec. 7, 12 yds. silk @ 1.62^ ; S 
handkerchiefs @ 45c. ; 2 pairs kid gloves @ 1.87>^. Make 
bill for Jan. 1, 1875, and receipt the same, as clerk of the 
firm. 

636. What is the interest of $125.50 for 7 months and 
10 days, at 7 per cent. ? 

(June 4, 2:00-4:00 P. M.) 

637. A note for •*500, dated Oct. 8, 1873, and bearing 
interest at 9 per cent., is endorsed as as follows : Nov. 4, 
1874, $30; Jan. 30, 1875, $250. What will be due July 1, 
1875 .? 



46 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

638. What is the true discount on $236, due in 3 years, 
at 6 per cent ? 

639. What is the bank discount on $125 payable in 90 
days, at 8 per cent ? 

640. Two men divided a lot of wood costing $81, one 
taking 5}4 cords and the other the remaining 8 cords: 
what must each pay ? (Solve by analysis.) 

641. What is the square root of 416.16.? 

642. How many gallons of water will a cistern hold 
which is 7 ft. long, 6 ft. wide, and 11 ft. deep ? 

643. A. can mow 2 acres in 3 days, and B. 5 acres in 6 
•days : in how many days can they together mow 9 acres ? 

644. A house valued at $3240 is insured for^ of its 
value, at % per cent. : what is the premium ? 

645. How many bricks will it require to build a wall 2 
rd. long, 6 ft. high, and 18 in. thick, each brick being 8 in. 
long, 4 in. wide, and 23^ in. thick? 

646. If the wages of 24 men for 4 days are $192, what 
w^ill be the wages of 36 men for 3 days ? (Solve by double 
proportion and cancellation.) 

647. At what rate per cent, will $311.50 amount to 
^337.40, in 1 yr. 4 mo. ? 

648. What will it cost to lay a pavement 36 ft. long and 
9 ft. 6 in. wide, at 40 cts. a sq. yd. ? 



Bxamination XXTJII. JVor. A, 7875, 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

649. Express in words the number 42567000129301. 

650. Multiply five hundred and fort}- thousand six hun- 
dred and nine by seventeen hundred and fifty. 

651. Give th^ rule for reduction ascending {i. e. from 
lower to higher denominations), and state how this process 
chiefly differs from reduction descending. 



ARITHMETIC. 47 

652. How many steps of two and one-half feet each, 
would a man take in walking five miles ? 

653. How is a whole number reduced to a fraction of 
the same value, having a given denominator ? 

654 What is the value of M of % of 3^ of K, when 
reduced to a simple fraction of the lowest terms ? 

655. Give the rule for reducing several fractions to 
equivalent fractions having the least common denomina- 
tor. 

656. Add S%, 4 31-38, and 51.652. (Express the frac- 
tional part of the sum as a decimal of three places.) 

657. Write in figures : two and six-hundred-millionths. 

658. Reduce 7-625 to the equivalent decimal form. 

659. Multiply seven thousand and five, by three-hundred- 
and-five-millionths . 

660. Divide .5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17K- 

661. If 27 T. 3 qr. 15 lb. of coal cost 1217.83, what will 
119 T. 1 qr. 10 lb. cost ? (First reduce qrs. and lbs. to the 
decimal of a ton ; and then solve by proportion.) 

662. What is the square root of .0043046721 ? 

{A^v. 5, 10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

663. The ratio of two numbers and the consequent being 
given, what is the process for finding the antecedent (con- 
sidering it as standing in the same relation to the conse- 
quent, as a numerator to its denominator ?) 

664. Find the value of the omitted term in the following 
proportion: $4 :(?):: 9 : 16. 

665. A note for $486, dated Sept. 7, 1873, was endorsed 
as follows : Received, March 23. 1874, $125 ; May 13, 1875, 
$120. What balance remained due at time of last pay- 
ment, the rate being 6 per cent ? 

666. What is the length of the side of a cubical box 
which contains 103823 solid inches ? 

667. What are the proceeds of the following note dis- 
counted at 5anfc, and wfien will it become due ? 



48 THE regents' questions. 



Utica, October 11, 1875. 

Ninety days from date, for value received, I promise to 
pay to the order of John Smith, One Hundred Dollars, at 
the Albany City Bank. 

John Jay. 

668. Involve ^ to the 5th power. 

669. Sold 9 1-6 cwt. of sugar at $8J^ per cwt., and 
thereby lost 12 per cent : what was the first cost ? 

670. A person owned 5^ of a mine and sold ^ of his 
interest for $1710 : what was the value of the entire mine ? 

671. When it is 3 h. 36 m. a. m. at the Cape of Good 
Hope, in longitude 18 degrees 34 minutes east, what is 
the time at Cape Horn, in longitude 67 degrees 31 minutes 
west ? 

673. What is the cost of 17 T. 18 cwt. 1 qr. 17 lb. of 
potash, at $53.80 per ton.^ (First reduce the lower 
denominations to the decimal of a ton,) 



Bxaminatio7i XXIX\ I^eb. 21, 787 6 - 

(10:00 A. m.-13:00m.) 

673. Two men are 450 miles apart: if they approach 
each other, one tra\ elling 30 miles a day and the other 35 
miles a day, how far apart will they be at the end of 6 
days ? 

674. A had $34, B four times as much as A less $16, and 
C twice as much as A and B together plus $17 : how much 
money had C "i 

675. Give all the prime numbers below 30 ; and all tlie 
composite numbers between 30 and 40, inclusive. 

676. What is the greatest common divisor of 144, 316 
and 648 ? 

677. Reduce to the simplest form : (30 5-9 plus X of 
5-6) divided by ^'^—%%.%. 



ARITHMETIC. 49 



678. The longitude of New York being 3« E. from the 
meridian of Washington, San Francisco 4.5° 25' W., what 
will be the time of day at New York, when it is noon at 
San Francisco ? 

679 2 pk. 8 qt. 1.2 pt. is what decimal part of 20 bu. ? 

680. What will it cost to dig a cellar 40 ft. long, 21 ft. 
6 in. wide, and 4 ft. deep, at $1.75 a cubic yard .? 

681. From 16 ten thousandths take 27 millionths, and 
multiply the difference by 20.5. 

682. Henry Smith bought of John Clarke, of Louisville, 
Ky., as follows : Dec. 10. 1875, 7 pair calf boots @ $5.75 ; 
6 pair ladies' gaiters @ 13.25 : 10 pair children's shoes @ 
11.75; Jan. 5, 1876, 12 pair coarse boots @ $3,123^. 
Make out and receipt the bill, as clerk of John Clarke. 

683. A clerk receiving a yearly salary of 19.50, pays 
$275 a year for board, $180 for clothing, and $150 for 
other expenses : what per cent, of his salary is left .' 

684. Carriages costing $165 are sold at 18 per cent, 
profit : what is the gain on each carriage ? 

685. A school house is insured at 3-5 per cent., and the 
premium was $93.60 : for how much is the house insured f 

686. If a man's pulse beat 300 times in 4 minutes, how 
many tilmes will itbeatin 8 hours ? (Solve hj proportion.} 

687. If it cost $84 to carpet a room 36 ft. long and 21 ft. 
wide, what will it cost to carpet a room 33 ft. long and 27 
ft. wide ? (State and solve as a compound proportion.} 

688. At what date will a note for $300, given Jan. 10, 
1876, amount to $347.2.5, at 6 per cent, simple interest ? 

689. A note for $520, dated April 12, 1874, had the 
following endorsement: "Dec. 6, 1874, $120." W^hat 
amount will be due May 1, 1876, at 9 per cent., simple 
interest ? 

690. What is the square root of 1040 1-16 ? 

691 A flag pole 180 ft. high casts a shadow 135 ft. in 
length : what is the distance from the top of the pole to 
the end of its shadow ? 



50 THE regents' questions. 

692. A block of granite in the form of a cub'e con- 
tains 41063.625 cubic inches : what is the length of its 
edge? 



£^xami7iation XXX. J^une 8, 7876, 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

693. The Erie Railway is 460 miles long, and cost 
165,000 a mile : if 89,645,635 had been paid, how much 
would remain unpaid ? 

694. How many lbs. of butter, at 33 cts. a lb., can be 
bought for 55 lbs. of tea, at 78 cts. a lb. ? 

695 What is the sum of twenty-nine and three-tenths, 
four hundred and sixty-five, and two hundred and twenty- 
vone thousandths ? (Give the answer in figures and also 
in words.) 

696. If I own 5-7 of a farm, and sell % of my share for 
$2,300, what is the value of the whole farm at the same 
rate ? 

697. Find the factors of .035, and multiply .007853 by 
; these factors. 

698. Reduce 15 cwt. 3 qr. 2)4 lb. to the decimal of a 
iton. 

699. Reduce 347-2560 to a decimal (of 9 places). 

,700. The four walls of a room are each 16 ft. in length 
'and 9 ft. in height, and the ceiling is ft. square : how 
much will it cost to plaster it, at 14 cts. a sq. yd. .' 

701. A merchant, failing in trade, pays 65 cts. on each 
dollar owed ; he owes A 12750, and B $1975 : how much 
does he pay each ? 

702. Paid 841. 62 J^ for a pile of wood, at the rate of 
$3,373^ a coi'd : how much was there in the pile ? 

703. A steamship, in crossing the Atlantic, has 3,500 
miles to go : if she sails 211 mi. 4 fur. 32 rd. a day, what 
distance, after 15 da., has she still to sail ? 



ARITHMETIC. 51 



{Jmie 9, 10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

704. How many sq. ft. are there in a board 17 ft. 6 in. 
in length, and 1 ft. 7 in. in Avidth ? 

705. A pasture of a eertain extent supplies 30 horses for 
28 days : how long will the same pasture supply 21 
horses? {8ol\e hj propoj-tion.) 

706. If 4 bbls. of flour cost f34^, how much can be 
bought for $182 ? (Solve by analysis.) 

707. How much hay will 32 horses eat in 120 days, if 96 
horses eat 3^ T. in 7}^ weeks? (Solve by compound 
proportion.) 

708. What is the simple interest of $2594.20, for 10 mo, 
9 da., at 7)4 per cent ? 

709. What is the compound interest of $1,250, for 2 yr. 
3 mo. 24 da., compounded annually, at 6 per cent ? 

710. What is the bank discount on a note for $556.27,. 
payal.le in 60 days, discounted at 6 per cent ? 

711. Two merchants enter into partnership. One pnts^ 
in |5,C00 and the other $2,000. The partner that puts in, 
the le^s sum is to receive $300 extra from the proceeds for 
his superior knowledge of the business. They gain 
$4,725 : what is the share of each ? 

712. What is the 3d power of 8.628.? 



Bxaminatio7i XXXI. JVoy. 9, 7876^ 

(10:00 a. m.-12:00m.) 

713. How many figures are in each of the periods IntO' 
which numbers are divided for reading ? 

714. Name the first four periods of integers, and the 
first three orders (or places) of decimals. 

715. Write in figures the number: One million, one 
thousand, one hundred and one. 



53 THE regents' questions. 

716. Write in figures the numbers : Forty-seven, three 
hundred and fifty thousandths, forty-two millionths, two 
hundred and twenty-three billionths. 

717. Multiply 733.53 by 37.846. 

718. Divide 6053.74 by 4.379. 

719. Bought a box of soap containing 70 lbs. Keeping 
it all summer, it dried away 3^, when I sold it at S% cts. 
per pound. I gave 7 cts. per pound. Did I make or lose ? 
How much.' 

730. If 30 men require 7^ bbls. of flour for their 
subsistence five months, how much will 30 men require 
for a year ? 

731. What is the value of 1-11 of 1-13 of a vessel, if a 
person who owns 3-11 of it sells 1-9 of % of his share for 
^1,750 ? 

783. Write the following numbers in the decimal form, 
and then add them : 63^, 13^, 5%, 6^, 3-5, %. 

733. Multiply 5 da. 15 hi-. 13 m, 30 s. by 341. 

(Nov. 10, 10:00 A. M.-13:00 M.) 

734. Allowing a person to perform a certain journey in 
133^ days, by travelling 10 hours a day, in what time 
ought he to perform the journey if he travel 113^ hours 
per day ? 

735. What is the cost of a load of hay weighing 1,875 
lbs., at $13.50 per ton (3000 lbs.) ? 

736. What ought eggs to be per pound, when thej^ are 
celling at 18% cts. per dozen, if they average 93-2 6ggs to 
a pound ? 

737. How many cords in three piles of four ft. wood, 
•the first 36 ft. long and 4 ft. high, the second 43 ft. long 
and 5 ft. high, and the third 30 ft. long and 6 ft. high ? 

738. What would it cost to enclose a square lot contain- 
ing 160 acres, with a fence costing at the rate of $4 per 
xod ? 

739. A note of $65.80, dated Feb. 30, 1868, and bearing 



ARITHMETIC. 53 



interest at 7 per cent, was paid June 25, 1870 : what was 
the amount paid ? 

730. What is the amount of $152 at semi-annual com- 
pound interest for 2 years, at 6 per cent, per annum ? 

731. What is the annual premium on a policy which 
insures a house worth $12,000 for 5-6 its value, at % pcr 
cent .' 

732. Amount $103.81, on $74.50, at 10 per cent. What 
is the time ? 



JBJxamination XXXII, Mai^ch /, 7877 » 

(10:00 A. M.-12:00 M.) 

733. Name the first six periods in numeration. 

734. Express in figures : one trillion six thousand. 

735. 1 million 400 thousand and 50 plus 15 hundred plus 
25 thousand plus 120 thousand 6 hundred and 14= ? 

736. The subtrahend is 2603.46, and the remainder is 
72.804 : what is the minuend ? 

737. The factors of a number are 7300.96 and 5.006: what 
is the number ? 

738. The dividend is 39314.76, and the quotient is 7,071: 
what is the divisor ? 

739. What operations may be performed on the terms 
of a fraction without altering its value ? 

740. If the numerator be equal to the denominator, 
what is the value of the fraction V 

741. How does multiplying the numerator affect the 
value ? 

742. How, multiplying the denominator ^ 

743. Change 12)^ to an improper fraction. 

744. Reduce ^ of 4-6 of 7-10 of 15-17 to a simple frac- 
tion. 

745. Multiply 8-15 of 123^ by 1-5 of 7^- 

746. Divide ^ of 1^ by % of %. 



54 THE regents' questions. 

747. In what terms of multiplication may equal factors 
be cancelled ? 

748. In what terms in division .' 

749-750. A note for 8250, dated June 5, 1874, was paid 
Feb. 14. 1875. with simple interest at 8 per cent. What 
was the amount ? (Two credits.) 

{March 2, 10:00 a. m.-12:00 m.) 

751. What is ratio, and— 752. How is it expressed? 

753. What is proportion, and — 754. How expressed ? 

755. What are the 1st and 3d terms of a proportion 
called, and— 756. The 2d and 4th .' 

757. What are the extremes of a proportion, and what 
the means ? 

7.58. Given the means and one extreme of a proportion, 
how may the other extreme be found .' 

759. Given the first, second and fourth terms of a pro- 
portion, how may the third be found? 

760. In the question : If four tons of coal cost §24, what 
will 12 tons cost, what is the given ratio ? 

761. State and solve the proportion given in Q. 760. 

762. Change 4-7=12-21, to the form of a proportion. 
763-764. Albany is 73° 44' 50" West Longitude : San 

Francisco is 122^ 26' 45". When it is noon at Albany, 
what is the time at San Francisco ? (Two credits.) 

765. What will $864.50 amount to in two years at 8 per 
cent, compound interest ? 

766. If 10 tons of hay will support 5 horses 8 mo., how 
many horses will 18 tons support one year ? (Solve by 
double proportion.) 

767. How many men will be required to build 32 rods of 
wall in the same time that 5 men will build 10 rods? 
(Solve by analysis.) 



^1 



THE 

REGENTS' QUESTIONS, 

1866-1876. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Examination Z. JVov, 7» 7866, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

i. Mention the grand divisions of tlie earth, and state 
within which hemispheres (northern or southern, and 
eastern or western) each is principally included. 

2. Give a similar statement in relation to the several 
oceans. 

3. Describe the equator, the trojncs, and the polar cir- 
cles. 

4. Define latitude and longitude. 

5. Name the several zones, and state within or between 
what circles each is included. 

6. Illustrate the relative positions of the equator, trop- 
ics, polar circles, and zones, by a small circular diagram 
similar to an outline map of a hemisphere. 

7. Mention the three lacgest islands of the globe, (ex- 



60 THE regents' QUESTION'S. 

cepting the so-called contiueuts.) in the order of their 
size. 

8. What hay and strait separate British America from 
Greenland ? 

9. What parallel of latitude forms the northern boun- 
dary of the United States from the Lake of the Woods to 
the Gulf of Georgia ? 

10. What is the capital of Canada, and how is it sit- 
uated ? 

11. What strait connects Lake Huron and Lake Michi- 
gan ? 

12. What is the capital of California .' 

13. What river forms part of the boundary between 
New York and Pennsylvania ? 

14. Name and describe the largest river Avithin the state 
of Virginia. 

15. Which are the three largest of the West India 
Islands ? 

16. Where and what is Terra del Fuego .' 

17. Mention the countries comprised in the British 
Isles. 

18. What strait separates Spain from Africa ? 

19. What mountains between Norway and Sweden ? 

20. What large river of Russia empties into the Black 
Sea? 

21. What mountains form the boundary line between 
China and Hindoostan ? 

22. Where is the empire of Japan, and of wha*t does it 
consist ? 

23. Is the greater part of Africa north or south of the 
equator ? Represent the shape of Africa by a small out- 
line map. and draw a line across it to correspond to the 
position of the equator, 

24. Where is the island of St. Helena? (Nearest which 
grand division, in what ocean, and hemispheres, and in 
about what latitude and longitude?) 



GEOGRAPHY. fil 

Bxaminatio7i II, I^eb, 28, 7867* 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

25. Define Circles of Longitude ? 

26. What countries of the globe are crossed by the 
Arctic Circle? 

27. What is the longitude of N, Y. City, reckoning 
from Greenwich ? (The minutes and seconds are not re- 
quired.) 

28. Which of the United States have no sea coast ? 

29. Through what state does the Mississippi flow? 

30. On what waters may one sail from New York to 
Philadelphia ? 

31. What river connects Lake Superior with Lake 
Huron ? 

32. What river rises in the western part of North Caro- 
ina and flows into the Ohio ? 

33. In what direction is the Isthmus of Darien from 
the mouth of the Orinoco.^ 

34. What countries of South America are crossed by 
the Equator 7 

35. Name the three largest rivers of South America. 

36. What countries of Europe border on the Mediter- 
ranean Sea ? 

37. Describe the river Khine. 

38. What is the capital of Prussia ? 

39. What range of mountains in Austria ? 

40. Describe the river Rhone. 

41. Where is Calcutta situated ? 
43. Where is Mt. Sinai ? 

43. What strait at the eastern extremity of Siberia ? 

44. What is the capital of Japan ? 

45. Describe the river Niger ? 

46. In what direction do the Mountains of the Moon 
extend 7 

47. What is the largest island of Oceanica ? 



62 THE RESENTS' QUESTIONS. 

48. In what Zone is the Cape of Good Hope ? 

Any pupil who has the requisite time, may show by a 
small diagram, the relative position of lines of latitude 
and longitude on a map of the northern hemisphere. 



^xa7ninatio7i III, June 73, 7867* 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

49. In what part of the world is the point of no latitude 
and no longitude, (reckoning longitude from Greenwich ?) 

50. What is the width, in degrees, of each temperate 
zone .'' 

51. How can we determine, by a map, the line or ridge 
of high land, called a loater-shed, which divides a coun- 
try into opposite slopes ? 

53. What are the two principal water- sheds of the 
United States ? 

53. What three large cities of North America are loca- 
ted near the 20th, 30th and 40th degrees of north lati- 
tude, respectively ? 

54. On what parallel of latitude is the boundary of New 
York, from Lake Champlain to the river St. Lawrence ? 

55. What parallel of latitude forms the boundary be- 
tween Virginia and North Carolina ? 

56. WTiat parallel forms the northern boundary of 
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi ? 

57. What four states border on Lake Michigan ? 

58. How is Alabama bounded ? 

59. What river flows into the northern extremity of the 
gulf of California .' , 

60. What country occupies the north-western extrem- 
ity of South America ? 

61. What country of South America has no sea coast ? 
63. What three great rivers of Europe rise in the Alps, 

and where do each of them empty ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 63 



63. What mountain range passes through the whole 
length of Italy ? 

64. luto what sea does the river Elbe empty "i 

65. What countries occupy the Scandinavian penin- 
sula? 

66. What strait separates England from France ? 

67. What three peninsulas on the southern border of 
Europe ? 

68. What other continent has also three large penin- 
sulas on its southern border, and what are their names 7 

69. What is the general direction of peninsulas in any 
continent 'i 

70. What large city is situated at the mouth of the 
Ganges ? 

71. What gulf in the north-western part of the Red 
Sea? 

73. What country of Africa borders on the strait of 
Gibraltar ? 



(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

73. What is the amount of the greatest longitude? 

74. What bay west of Greenland ? 

75. What parallels of latitude form parts of the north- 
ern boundary of the United States ? 

76. What river forms part of the northeastern bound- 
ary of the United States ? 

77. What lake between lake Huron and lake Erie ? 

78. What states are separated by the Wabash river ? 

79. What is the outlet of Lake Champlain ? 

80. On what river is Rochester situated? 

81. Of what river is the Juniata a branch ? 

82. What two ranges of mountains in Virginia ? 

83. What peninsula forms the south part of Greece ? 



64 THE regents' questions. 

84. What is the capital of Prussia ? 

85. Describe the Rhine. 

86. Describe the Danube. 

87. On what river is Paris situated ? 

88. What large sea north of Prussia ? 

89. In what zone is the greater part of Asia ? 

90. What mountains between China and Hindoostan ? 

91. Describe the river Ganges. 

92. What sea between Arabia and Hindoostan ? 

93. What two large islands on the Equator south east 
of Asia ? 

94. What are the two largest rivers in Afiica .' 

95. What large island east of Africa ? 

96. What group of islands west of Morocco ? 



Examination r. I^eb, 20, 7868. 

(9:30-10:30 A. M.) 

97. Which extends further south— the Old World or 
the New ? 

98. In what Zone are the most highly civilized nations ? 

99. What connects the Pacific with the Arctic Ocean? 

100. What change in temperature occurs in going from 
the base of a high mountain towards its summit ? 

101. What is the largest river flowing into Hudson's 
Bay? 

102. What large city on the western coast of the United 
States ? 

103. Which of the New England States has the highest 
mountains ? 

104. What lake is crossed by the northern boundary of 
Vermont ? 

105. What mountains in the northern part of the State 
of New York? 



GEOGRAPHY. 65 

106. What city in Delaware at the mouth of the Dela- 
ware River ? 

107. On which side of the Mississippi is the greater 
part of Louisiana? 

108. Why has South America no large rivers flowing 
westward ? 

109. What is the only country lying wholly on the west- 
ern slope of the Andes ? 

110. VVhat islands east of the southern extremity of 
South America ? 

111. What is the south-western point of England 
called ? 

112. What two large lakes south-west of the White 
Sea.? 

113. What large river flows through Austria? 

114. What sea east of Italy ? 

115. What waters between the Grecian Archipelago 
and the Black Sea ? 

116. What waters are connected by the strait of Babel- 
mandeb ? 

117. What peninsula between the Yellow Sea and the 
sea of Japan ? 

118. What important country of Asia consists of islands 
only ? 

119. What country on the Mediterranean next west of 
Egypt? 

120. What cape forms the most eastern point of Africa ? 



Bxami7iatio7i VI. June J^, 7868 » 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

121. In what direction does the Gulf Stream flow ? 

122. What large island east of the Gulf of St. Law- 
rence ? 

123. What island at the mouth of river St. Lawrence ? 



66 THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

124. Which thirteen of the United States border on the 
Atlantic Ocean ? 

125. What is the highest peak of the White Mountains ? 

126. What island at the mouth of the Hudson, between 
New Jersey and Long Island ? 

127. What large bay in the State of Maryland ? 

128. What mountains separate the States of Virginia 
and West Virginia ? 

129. On what river is the capital of Tennessee situated ? 

130. What States are separated by the Sabine river ? 

131. Which is further west, New Orleans or Lima ? 

132. In what latitude is the mouth of the Amazon ? 

133. What divisions of South America border on the 
Pacific ocean ? 

134. What are the three great rivers of South America ? 

135. Which is the further north, Paris or Quebec ? 

136. What is the capital of Denmark ? 

137. Which is the largest lake in Europe ? 

138. What river flows into the Gulf of Lyons ? 

139. Through what waters would a vessel pass in going 
from New Orleans to Smyrna ? 

140. In what direction do the trade winds blow ? 

141. In what latitude is the Strait of Gibralter .' 

142. What is the capital of Persia ? 

143. What mountains in the northern part of Africa ? 

144. Which is the largest of the Sandwich Islands ? 



Examination Til. JVov. 72y 7868, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

145. What is meant by small circles of a sphere ? 

146. What does the eastern continent comprise ? 

147. Which is the smallest of the United States ? 

148. What States bound Florida on the north ? 



3 



GEOGRAPHY. 67 

149. What States bound Wisconsin on the west ? 

150. Name three of the western branches ot the Missis- 
sippi river. 

151. Between what States does the Connecticut river 
flow ? 

153. In what direction is Montreal from Quebec ? 

153. What two large peninsulas in Mexico ? 

154. In what direction is Buenos Ayres from Rio De 
Janeiro ? 

155. What is the capital of Turkey ? 

156. What important seaport in the south of France ? 

157. What island south of Hindoostan ? 

158. What large desert in the Chinese Empire ? 

159. What mountains between Siberia and the Chinese 
Empire ? 

160. Is Liberia in north or south latitude ? 

161. What circle bounds the torrid zone on the nortii ? 

162. Describe the Antarctic circle. 

163. Between what grand divisions is the Atlantic 
Ocean ? 

164. Which is the largest lake of fresh water on the 
globe ? 

165. Which is the largest island sea ? 

166. What :& the latitude of Washington city (degrees 
only ?) 

167. What is the longitude of New York city (degrees 
only ?) 

168. By what waters may a vessel pass from Providence, 
R. I., to Nashville, Tenn. ? 



^Examination Till, jF'eb. 78, 7869, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

169. How many degrees from the equator is the Arctic 
Circle .' 



68 THE REGEMTS' QUESTIONS. 

170. By what circle is the South Temperate Zone 
bounded ? 

171. Why do degrees of longitude vary in length at 
different places on the earth's surface ? 

172. In what State is the geographical centre of the 
United States ? 

173. Which State extends further north. Main or Min- 
nesota ? 

174. W^hat State extends further south, Florida or 
Texas ? 

175. Mention the capitals of the Middle States. 

176. Bound the State of Missouri. 

177. Trace the water communication between Chicago 
and Pittsburgh. 

178. To what European government does Cuba belong ? 

179. What is the capital of Venezuela.' 

180. What large river empties into the Atlantic near 
Buenos Ayres ? 

181. What waters separate England and Ireland ^ 

182. By what route could a vessel sail from Marseilles 
to St. Petersburgh ? 

183. What is the capital of Austria, and where . is it 
situated ? 

184. On what river is the city of Rome located ? 

185. In what zone is Iceland ? 

186. What large island near the eastern extermity of 
the Mediterranean Sea ? 

187. In what does the river Indus empty ? 

188. What is the general direction of the rivers of 
China ? 

189. What bodies of water does the isthmus of Suez 
separate ? 

190. What countries of Africa border on the Mediter- 
ranean Sea ? 

191. Describe the Mozambique Channel. 

192. In what zone does the highest civilization exist ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 



JSxamination IX, June 70 y /869, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

193. What two revolutions does the earth perform ? 

194. What do each of these revolutions produce ? 

195. What is meant by the cardinal points ? 

196. Which one of the five zones has more land surface 
than any other ? 

197. In which zone are volcanoes most numerous ? 

198. Why are there few lakes in the torrid zone? 

199. Which is the longest mountain system of the 
globe ? 

200. Which grand division is crossed by both the 
tropical circles ? 

201. What is the general direction of the longest right 
line that can be drawn across the eastern continent ? 

203. Which of the grand divisions are peninsulas ? 

203. What river has its basin in the southern part of the 
great central plain of South America ? 

204. What group of islands between North and South 
America ? 

205. What island north-west of Europe, partly in the 
western hemisphere ? 

206. What large river of the United States flows into 
the Pacific Ocean ? 

207. Which is the largest western branch of the Mis- 
sissippi river ? • 

208. Which is the largest branch of the Ohio river ? 

209. Which of the thirty-seven United States extends 
farthest north 1 

210. Which of the United States are intersected by the 
Mississippi river ? 

211. What river bounds Iowa on the west ? 

212. What city of Wisconsin is situated on Lake Michi- 
gan.? 

213. What island in the Niagara river ? 



70 THE regents' questions. 

214. What sea between Russia and Sweden 7 

215. What is the capital of Holland ? 

216. Which of the five races of men is the most 
numerous ? 



^Jxaminatio?! X. JV^ov. 72, 7868, 

(9:00-10:30 A.. M.) 

217. How must a place be situated to be in north 
latitude ? 

218. How must a place be situated to be in east longi- 
tude ? 

219 How many seasons has the torrid zone 'i 

220. Where are the richest silver mines of the globe "* 

221. Into what races are mankind divided 7 

222. What grand divisions lie wholly north of the 
•equator ? 

228. What two gulfs of North America are crossed by 
the Tropic of Cancer ? 

224. Where is the Tropic of Cancer most nearly ap- 
proached by the United State ? 

225. What large river in the western part of the United 
States has its source in British America ? 

226. In what mountains does the Hudson river rise ? 

227. What river forms part of the boundary between 
15'ew York and Pennsylvania .' 

228. What river emptiae into the head of Chesapeake 
Bay? 

229. Through what two States does the Chesapeake 
Bay extend ? 

239. What two rivers receive the waters of all the 
streams of Iowa? 

231. Of what division of South America is the Isthmus 
of Panama a part ? 

232. Alorg what three rivers are the principal lowland 
plains of South America ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 71 



233. Is the greater part of Brazil in north or in south 
latitude .' 

234. What range of mountains forms a natural boundary 
between France and Spain ? 

235. What noted river of Europe empties into the North 
Sea ? 

236. Into what sea do all the rivers of South Russia 
empty ? 

237. What sea is between England and Denmark ? 

288. What important group of islands east of the 
Chinese Empire ? 
239, In what country of Asia is Mt. Ararat .5' 
'^40. In what zones is Africa ? 



Examination XI, I'eb, 78, 7870, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 
'Ml, What oceans border on the Eastern Continent.'* 

242. Between what two grand divisions has the Atlantic 
Ocean its greatest breadth "i 

243. How many English miles from the equator is a 
place that is ten degrees north of it ? 

244. What grand divisions are crossed by the meridian 
of Greenwich .' 

245. Is Australia in east or in west longitude, reckon- 
ing from Greenwich "i 

246 In which zone is the southern extremity of South 
America 1 

247. Which one of the United States lying wholly east 
of the meridian of Washington has no ocean coast .' 

248. What States border on Pennsylvania ? 

249. Which one of the United States consists of two 
peninsulas "i 

259. How is Kansas bounded on the north ? 

251. Wliat is the chief town of Nova Scotia ? 

252. What two large peninsulas in Mexico ? 



72 THE regents' questions. 

253. In what mountains does the Amazon river rise ? 

254. Between what two rivers is Paraguay situated ? 

255. What country occupies the southern extremity of 
South America ? 

256. What sea between Russia and Sweden 1 

257. What five countries of Europe border on the 
Mediterranean Sea ? 

258. Which are the five great powers of Europe ? 

259. What country bounds Greece on tlie north ? 

260. What is the name of the principal desert of Asia 1 

261. What is the capital of Persia ? 

262. What large bay east of Hindoostan 1: 

263. In what zone or zones is the Sahara desert .' 

264. What large gulf on the western coast of Afj-ica 
near the equator ? 



£Jxanii7iatio7i XII. J'une W, 7870, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

265. Which extends farther east ; the United States or 
Brazil "i 

266. Which is the more westerly : Cape Horn or Cape 
St. Lucas .^ 

267. Which ocean has the greater breadth ; the Atlantic 
between South America and Africa, or the Indian, be- 
tween Africa and Australia "i 

2R8. In what zones is Aifstralia situated 1 

269. What large bay east of Lake Huron and north of 
Lake Erie .' 

270. What bodies of water are connected by the Wel- 
land Canal ? 

271. Prove that Lake Superior is (or is not) more 
elevated than the Atlantic Ocean 1 

272. Mention any sea or lake upon the globe whose 
surface is lower than the surface of the ocean. 

273. Mention all the States bordering upon Illinois. 



GEOGRAPHY. 73 

274. In saUiiig up the Mississippi river from its mouth 
to the latitude of Chicngo, what States, or parts of States, 
might you see upon the eastern shore ? 

275. Which are the so-ealled "Gulf States;" or, what 
States border upon the Gulf of Mexico ? 

27(j. Which is the highest mountain in New England ? 

277. What large river east of and nearly parallel to the 
Hudson River? 

278. Between what two rivers is Philadelphia situated ? 

279. Mention one of the three large rivers of Vir- 
ginia, south of and nearly parallel to the Potomac, and 
emptying into the Chesapeake Bay ? 

280. On which coast of Cuba, the northern or the. 
southern, is Havana, the capital, situated ? 

281. What large river flows through Venezuela ? 

282. What two large rivers unite to form the Rio de la 
Plata f 

283. What country of Europe partly encompasses tho 
White Sea ? 

284. What country of Europe is situated between the 
Adriatic and a part of the Mediterranean Seas ? 

285. What range of mountams extends from the Bay of 
Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea ? 

286. In what direction from China is the China Sea ? 

287. What is the capital of Japan ? 

288. What large lake of Africa, on or near the equator, 
at the head of the river Nile ? 



Bxamiiiation XIII. JVov, //, 7870. 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

289. Wliat part of North America has the greatest 
longitude, i. e., extends farthest west ? 

290. What zone contains the greatest number of islands ? 

291. Which has the greater circumference : the Tropic 
of Cancer or the 30* circle of latitude ? 



74 THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

292. In what direction is the Caribbean Sea from the 
Gulf of Mexico ? 

293. Is the Sea of Kamchatka in the Eastern or in the 
Western Hemisphere ? 

294. In TThat latitude is the mouth of the Amazon 
river ': 

295. Mention a large gulf, or a bay, in North America, 
■^o nearly sarrouDded by laud as to be almost a mediter' 
ranean or inland sea. 

29fi. What is the name of the outlet of Lake Hiiron ? 

297. Mention sume of the United States territories 
which are traversed by the Rocky mountaiu range. 

298. Which of the United States border on the Pacific 
Ocean ? 

299. Which extends further north, the Gulf of Mexico 
or the Gulf of California ? 

300. Mention one of the United States which has more 
than one capital city. 

301. What State is indented by the Narraganset Bay ? 

302. Which two New England States have a joint river 
margin or boundary ? 

303. To what State do Nantucket ^nd Martha's Vine- 
yard belong ? 

304. What river is crossed three times by the southern 
boundary of the State of New York ? 

305. Which one of the Middle States is nearly sur- 
rounded by water (sea coast and riverj ? 

306. Which of the United States border on Lake 
Superior ? 

307. What large river of Europe empties into the 
Caspian Sea ? 

308. W^hat large river empties into the Black Sea from 
the west ? 

309. What large river of France empties into the Medi- 
terranean Sea ? 

310. In what direction is Moscow from St. Petersburgh ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 75^ 

311. What is the capital of China ? 

312. What mountain range between China and Siberia? 



JExaminati07i XIV. F'eb. 2//., 7877, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

313. What is the axis of the earth ? 

314. Which grand divisions are partly within the South- 
ern Hemisphere .' 

315. Which two grand divisions are traversed through- 
out their entire length by a continuous mountain range ? 

316. Which is the highest mountain peak of North 
America ? 

317. What large islands east of the Gulf of St. Law 
rence ? 

318. What large river forms the greater part of the 
joint boundary of Oregon and Washington territory? 

319. Mention eight cities in the State of New York. 

320. What lake lies between Lake Champlain and the 
head waters of the Hudson river ? 

321. What river forms the entire eastern boundary of 
Pennsylvania ? 

323. What States are bounded on the south by the Ohio 
river ? 

323. What large lake in Central America ? 

324. What four islands form the group known as the 
Greater Antilles ? 

325. Mention eight of the twelve countries of South 
America ? 

326. Which one of these countries is traversed by the 
Orinoco river ? 

327. What country of South America has no sea coast ? 

328. On what river of France is Paris situated ? 

329. What large bay west of France ? 

330. What range of mountains extends from the Black 
to the Caspian sea ? 



76 THE regents' questions. 

331. Mention four seas in and around Russia. 

333. To what European power does Australia belong ? 

333. In what zone is the greater part of Siberia .' 

331. What inland gulf lies between the Arabian sea and 
the eastern end of the Mediterrauean .^ 

335. What strait separates Morocco from Europe '? 

336. What large river flows into the gulf of Guinea ? 



£!xaminatio7i Xy\ Jiuie 9, f87f» 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

337. Mention the grand divisions of the Earth, and 
state within which Hemispheres (northern or southern, 
and eastern or western) Asia is principally included. 

338. Give a similar statement in relation to the Hemi- 
spheres within which the Indian Ocean is included. 

339. Describe the equator, the tropics and the polar 
circles. 

340. Define latitude and longitude. 

341. Name the several zones and state within or be- 
tween what circles each is included. 

342. Illustrate the relative positions of the equator, 
tropics, polar circles, and zones, by a small diagram 
similar to an outline map of a Hemisphere, and letter 
each of these parts of the diagram. 

343. What is the width, in degrees, of each temperate 
zone? 

344. What hay and strait separate British America 
from Greenland 7 

345. What parallel of latitude forms the northern 
boundary of the United States from the Lake of the 
Woods to the gulf of Georgia ? 

346. What is the capital of the Dominion of Canada, 
and where is it situated ^ 



GEOGRAPHY. 77 

347. What strait connects Lake Huron with Lake Michi- 
gan ? 

348. What is the capital of California ? 

349. What river forms part of the boundary between 
Maryland and Virginia 7 

350. Mention and describe the largest river within the 
United States. 

351. Which are the three largest of the West India 
Islands ? 

353. Where and what is Terra del Fuego .' 

353. Mention the countries comprised in the British 
Isle« .? 

354. What separates Spain from Morocco ? 

355. What mountains between Norway and Sweden ? 

356. What large river empties into the Black Sea from 
the west ? 

357. What mountains between the Chinese Empire and 
Hindoostan ? 

358. Where is the empire of Japan, and of what does it 
consist ? 

369. Is the greater part of Africa north or south of the 
equator ? Represent the shape of Africa by a small out- 
line map, and draw a line across it to show the position 
of the equator. 

360. Where is the island of St. Helena ? (Nearest what 
grand division, in what ocean and hemispheres) ? 



Bxaminatio7i XTI, JVbr. 70, 7877, 
(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

361. Bound the South Temperate Zone. 

362. What is the latitude of the northern boundary of 
Vermont ? 

363. Mention all the grand divisions which lie partly in 
the North Temperate Zone. 



78 THE regents' questioks. 

364. What noted group of islands in the Pacific Ocean 
west of Mexico ? 

365. What grand division would be reached in sailing 
east from Australia ? 

366. What gulf on the Pacific coast of the Western 
Hemisphere ? 

367. What five large lakes are drained by the river St. 
Lawrence "i 

368. Mention three tributaries of the Mississippi river, 
from the west. 

369. On what river is the city of Hartford situated ? 

370. What river rises in western Massachusetts and 
flows through Connecticut 1 

371. In what mountains does the Hudson river rise ? 

372. Which of the United States border on Lake Erie ? 

373. Which states bound North Carolina and Tennes- 
see on the south .' 

374. What is the capital of California "i 

375. What city and island in the St. Law?-ence opposite 
the mouth of the Ottawa river ? 

376. Into what four provinces is the Dominion of 
Canada divided ? (Note : There are now but two.) 

377. What country of South America bounds Peru on 
the north ? 

378. What country of South America is an Empire "i 

379. What two large seas lie between the British Isles 
and the central part of Russia "^ 

380. What name is given to the peninsula between the 
Mediterranean and the Black Seas 1 

381. What two rivers empty into the Persian Gulf ? 

382. What mountain range extends southward from 
Abyssinia .' 

383. Which grand division has the warmest average 
climate "i 

384. What continent lies wholly in the Southern Hemi- 
sphere ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 79 

£Jxami7iation XTII. F'eb. 28, /872, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

385. Which is the lar2:er : Africa or South America ? 

386. Which ocean is entirely within tlie Eastern Hemi- 
sphere ? 

387. What three oceans are partly within the South 
Temperate Zone ? 

388. In what direction is Madagascar from Australia ? 

389. What two large islands of the Eastern Hemisphere 
are crossed by the equator .' 

390. What ocean receives the largest amount of water 
from the continental rirer systems ? 

291. In w^hat direction is the mouth of the Amazon from 
the mouth of the Mississippi ? 

392. What city is located on the Boston and Albany 
railroad at its intersection with the Connecticut river ? 

893. Mention five lakes lying wholly within the State 
of New York, 

894. What city is situated in the south-western part 
of Pennsylvania ? 

395. Is Philadelphia in east or in west longitude (reck- 
oning from Washington) ? 

396. What is the capital of Alabama ? 

397. What States bound Florida on the north .? 

398. What large bay is situated on the western border 
of Lake Huron ? 

399. What great lake borders on Mmnesota ? 

400. W^hich are the two largest rivers that empty into 
the Gulf of Mexico ? 

401. What is the capital of Brazil ? 

402. What country of South America is traversed by 
the Orinoco river.' 

493. Which extends further south ; Norway or Sweden ? 
404. Mention four large islands of the Mediterranean 
Sea? 



80 THE regents' questions. 

405. Of what country is Vienna the capital? 

406. What channel between Ireland and Wales ? 

407. Near what river and bay is Calcutta situated. 

408. In what direction is New York city from the 
North Pole ? 



Examination XYIII, June 7, 7872* 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

409. How are the Arctic and Pacific Oceans connected } 

410. On which Hemisphere (eastern or western,) is the 
meridian 170* east longitude from Greenwich ? 

411. Is New Zealand in the Eastern or Western Hemi- 
sphere 1 

413. Mention a river of North America that flows in a 
northerly direction. 

413. Mention one of the rivers of Maine. 

414. How many square miles in the State of New 
York (in round numbers) ? 

415. Which State has the larger territory : New York 
or California ? 

416. What is the population of the State of New York 
(in round numbers) ? 

417. How many counties are there in New York State ? 

418. Which county of New York extends farthest east ? 

419. What State bounds Kansas on the east ? 

420. What is the capital of Illinois ? 

421. What States would be crossed in passing direct 
from Indiana to Alabama ? 

422. Mention any one of the United States which has 
no sea or lake coast. 

423. Mention a tributary of the Missouri river. 

424. Mention one of the peninsulas adjacent to the Gulf 
of Mexicx). 

425. Which is nearer the equator : Cuba or Jamaica ? 



I 



GEOGKAPHT. 81 

426. What country bounds the Argentine Confedera- 
tion on the north ? 

437. What large river of Colombia, S. A., empties into 
the Caribbean Sea ? 

428. What large sea is situated about midway between 
the Adriatic and Caspian Sea.? 

429. Mention one of the gulfs adjacent to the Baltic 
Sea. 

430. In what direction is Corsica from Sardinia ? 

431. What noted river empties into the Dead Sea ? 

432. On which coast of Africa is Senegambia ? 



JEJxamination XIX. JVov, 8, ^872, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

433. W^hat place upon the earth's surface is south from 
every other place ? 

434. What zone has no sunlight during our summer "> 
43.5. In sailing due east, which does a ship change : its 

latitude or its longitude ? 

4.36. Which is the larger: North America or South 
America ? 

437. In what ocean are the Japan Islands ? 

438. W^hat oceac between Africa and Australia ? 

439. What peninsula lies between the Arabian Sea and 
the Bay of Bengal ? 

440. In what direction :s San Francisco from the 
Isthmus of Darien 1 

441. Does the greater part of the area of the United 
States (including territories) lie east or west of the Mis- 
sissippi river .' 

442. What territory between Kansas and Utah ? 

443. What state between Utah and California .? 

444. Which has the greater elevation above the ocean ; 
Lake Erie or Lake Huron ? 



82 THE regents' questions. 

445. What larije town of Massachusetts is situated on the 
Boston and Albany raih'oad, about midway between Bos- 
ton and Springfield ? 

446. Which is the least populous county of the State of 
New York? 

447. What river rises in the State of New York and 
empties into the Chesapeake Bay ? 

448. What State bounds Tennessee on the east ? 

449. What sea lies south of the West Indies ? 

450. What is the capital of Brazil ? 

451. Of what country is Santiago the capital f 

452. Mention one of the countries of South America 
wholly in north latitude. 

453. What country of South America is between Co- 
lombia and Peru ? 

454. What range of mountains separates Spain and 
Portugal from the rest of Europe ? 

455. What river empties into the North Sea at the 
Hague ? 

456. Mention one of the rivers that empty into the 
Caspian Sea. 



Examination XX. JF'eb, 28 y 787S, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

457. What general name is given to the several parts 
into which the whole of the earth's surface is divided by 
the tropics and polar circles .' 

458. What lines on maps indicate north and south direc- 
tions 1 

459. What large river of North America empties into 
the Pacific ocean ? 

460. What peninsula south of the Gulf of Mexico ? 

461. Mention the largest river that empties into Long 
Island Sound. 

462. What mountain chain traverses Vermont ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 83 

463. Mention the largest river within the State of New 
Hampshii-e. 

464. Wliat general name is given to the mountains west 
of Lake Champlain ? 

465. Mention a tributary of the Potomac river. 

466. What large city is situated at the junction of the 
Allegany and Monongahela rivers ? 

467. On what river is the capital of Virginia situated .' 

468. What lake lies between Michigan and Wisconsin .? 

469. What large city is situated in the south-western 
part of Ohio ? 

470. Mention a city in the eastern part of Wisconsin. 

471. What two rivers having the same name empty 
into the Gulfs of Mexico and California, respectively ? 

472. What is the capital of Minnesota ? 

473. Mention one of the four provinces of the Dominion 
of Canada. 

474. What country of South America bounds Colombia 
on the east ? 

475. In what direction is England from Spain ? 

476. VVhat is the capital of Norway ? 

477. What large city is situated between the Black Sea 
and the Sea of Marmora ? 

478. What country bounds the Chinese Empire on the 
north ? 

479. What mountains are situated in the north-western 
part of Africa ? 

380. What large river empties into the Gulf of Guinea ? 



Examination XXI, Iiine 6, 787S. 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

481. What part of the earth's surface has no sunlight at 
the time of our midsummer ? 

482. Mention one of the conditions upon which climate 
depends. 



84 THE regents' questions. 

483. Which zone contains most of the coral islands ? 

484. In what general direction does the Gull Stream 
flow off the United States coast ? 

485. In what ocean is the geographical centre of the 
Eastern Hemisphere ? 

486. Which grand division lies partly in the Eastern 
and partly in the Western Hemisphere .'' 

487. What province bounds Maine on the east ? 

488. Among what mountains does the Hudson river 
rise ? 

489. What river flows between South Carolina and 
Georgia ? 

490. On what river is St. Louis situated ? 

491. What ocean receives the principal drainage of 
South America ? 

492. What country lies almost wholly on the western 
slope of the Andes mountains ? 

493. What is the name of that arm of the ocean into 
which the Parana river empties ? 

494. What is the capital of the Argentine Kepublic ? 

495. What sea lies west of Denmark ? 

496. Of what empire is Vienna the capital ? 

497. Through what country does the lower part of the 
Danube flow ? 

498. In what country of Asia is the river Ganges ? 

499. What sea forms part of the northern boundary of 
Persia ? 

500. Mention one of the large rivers of the Chinese 
Empire. 

501 . In what ocean is Madagascar ? 

.502. W^hich extends further south : Africa, Australia or 
South America ? 

503. Mention one of the ranges of mountains between 
the Red Sea and the Cape of Good Hope. 

504. Towards which pole does the sun cast shadows at 
midday, in the south temperate zone ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 85 



£xanii7iatio9i XX2I, JVov, 7, W73» 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

405-509. Mention and bound each of the five zones. 

510. Which State of New Eni^land has the highest 
mountains .' 

511-518. What States east of the Mississippi river have 
neither sea nor lake coast "i 

514-516. What States border on Lake Superior ? 

517. What river forms part of the boundary between 
New York and Pennsylvania ? 

518. Through what States does the Mississippi flow ? 
519-520. What parallels of latitude form parts of the 

northern boundary of the United States 7 

521-522. Which are the two largest of the West India 
Islands ? 

523-524. Mention two countries of South America that 
are crossed by the equator. 

525. What eountrj' of South America lies wholly upon 
the western slope of the Andes Mountains 1 

526-528. Mention three peninsular countries in the 
south of Europe. 

529-532. Mention the four countries comprised in the 
British Isles. 

538-585. What three noted rivers of Europe rise among 
the Alps 1 

586-538. Into what sea do each of these three rivers 
(583-535) empty ? 

589. What important country of Asia consists of islands 
only "i 

540. What strait at the eastern extermity of Siberia ? 

541-542. What are the two largest rivers of Africa ." 

543. What sea is connected with the ocean by the Strait 
of Bab el Mandeb ? 

544. What country of Africa borders on the Strait oi 
Gibraltar ? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Bxamination XXIII. I'eb. 27, /87^* 

(1:30-3:00 p. M.) 

What ^reat circle separates (545) the Northern from the 
Southern Hemisphere ; and what one (546) the Eastern 
from the Western ? 

547. Does the Northern or the Southern Hemisphere 
■contain more land surface ; and, in like manner, (548) the 
Eastern or the Western .' 

Mention, as nearly as you can in the order of size, 
beginning with the largest, the sis grand divisions of 

land on the Earth's surface : (549) ; (.5.50) ; 

.(551) ; (.552) ; (553) ; (554) . 

Mention in like order as above, the five oceans : (.555) 
; (556) ; (557) ; (558) ; (.559) . 

Give the (560) latitude, and the (561) longitude (from 
Greenwich) of the central point on the map of the West- 
■ern Hemisphere. 

Mention the largest gulf on the American side of the 
(562) Atlantic, and (563) Pacific Oceans, respectively. 

Mention five of the lakes drained by the river St. Law- 
rence: (564) ; (56.5) ; (.566) ; (.567) ; 

(568j . 

What two peninsulas and large intervening islands 
partially separate the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean 
Sea? (.569) ; (570) ; (.571) . 

572. What body of water, in size approaching the Gulf 
'of Mexico, is comprised within the limits of North 
America ? 

Mention five of the seas into which a vessel might sail 

going eastward from the Strait of Gibraltar : (573) .; 

<574)'^ ; (575) ; (.576) ; (.577) . 

Mention four bodies of water (seas, gulfs and bays) into 
which a vessel may sail from the Indian Ocean : (578) 
• ; (579) ; (580) : (.581) . 

Mention thrte inland Asiatic Seas, each having no out- 
let : (582) ; (583) ; (584) . 



GEOGRAPHY. 87 

£Jxaniination XXIY. Jime 6, /S7^» 
(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

585-587. Give three proofs that the earth is spherical. 

588. What is the situation of places whose time of day 
agrees with our own ? 

589. What is the situation of places which have the 
same length of day and night that we have ? 

590. In what ocean is a ship which is in lO'' S. latitude 
and 70° E, longitude from Greenwich ? 

591. By what two bodies of water are the Arctic and 
Pacific Ocean connected ^ 

592. Draw the outline of a hemispherical map, with the 
usual number of great and small circles ; (593) indicate 
the point of no latitude and no longitude by a ; (594) 
and mark its number of degrees on each parallel and 
meridian represented. 

595. To what great river system does Lake Champlain 
belong ? 

596. Bound the State of Connecticut. 

597-599. What three groups of islands are included in 
the West Indies ? 

600-601. What peninsula and island are partly in the 
Eastern and partly in the Western Hemisphere ? 

602. What is the season of the year at Cape Horn in 
July? 

603. What European sea borders on the Arctic Ocean ? 
604-608. Mention five ranges of mountains each either 

within or bordering upon Europe. 

609-614. Mention six of the islands of the Mediterranean 
sea .5^ 

615-618. Mention four seas which form parts of the 
western boundary of Asia. 

619. On what river is Nankin situated ? 

620-622. Of what three divisions does Oceanica consist? 

623-624. What is the largest island adjacent to Africa, 
and what body of water separates them ? 



88 THE REGENTS' QUESTIOKS. 

Bxamltiation XXT, J\rov, 6, 787^. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

625-626. What parallels of latitude are in the northern 
boundary of the United States ? 

627. What river rises in Pennsylvania and flows north 
through New- York into Lake Ontario ? 

628. Is the southern point of Florida, or the mouth of 
the Rio Grande, fiirther south "i 

629. AYhat is the distance, in statute miles, from the 
most southern limit of the United States, in about 26*^ N. 
latitude, to the northern boundary, on the meridian of 
that limit ? 

630. What river rises in the United States whose waters 
flow through a lake into Hudson's Bay ? 

631. AVhat river is between Lower Canada (or Province 
of Quebec) and Upper Canada (or Ontario) ? 

632. What two Provinces of British America are wholly 
south of the river St. Lawrence? 

633. What is the general direction of peninsulas ? 
634-635. What is the extent north and south of South 

America in degrees and in miles, the latitude of the 
Isthmus of Panama being 9° north ? 

636-637. What are the two principal water sheds of the 
United States ? 

638-639. W^hat river of Africa empties into the Mediter- 
ranean, and through which part does it flow ? 

640. In what zone is the highest civilization ? 

641. Where are the Islands of Japan.' 

642-645. W^hat four seas on the eastern coast of Asia ? 

646. Of what does the British Empire consist ? 

647. What islands in the Mediterranean belong to Great 
Britain "> 

648-655. Through what bodies of water will a ship pass 
on the shortest way from London to Calcutta .' 

656-659. What countries of Europe touch the Baltic 
Sea, and what (660-664) the Mediterranean .? 



GEOGRAPHY. 89 



Bxa77n9iation XXrV. J^eb. 26, 7875. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 
665. What is Latitude; (666) ou what circle is it 
measured ; (667) are degrees of Latitude of equalleugth .'' 

668. What points ou the earth's surface have the great- 
est latitude, aud what is it ? 

669. How many statute miles in a degree of latitude "i 

670. The length of a degree of latitude being known, 
how can the earth's circumference be found ? 

671. AVhat is Longitude ; and (672) from what meridifln 
or meridiaus, on your map, ?.s it reckoned ? 

673. How many depress of longitude may there be "i 

674. Are degrees of longitude of equal length ? 

675. W^here are degrees of latitude and longitude of 
equal length "i (These questions are on the supposition 
that the earth is a perfect sphere.) 

676. What is the longitude of the Poles ? 

677. How is the situation of any place on the earth 
determined 1 

678. Bound the Atlantic Ocean. 

679-682. Mention four Atlantic groups of islands. 

683. What large island partly in the Atlantic and 
partly in the Arctic Oceans ? 

684-688. Mention five groups of islands in the Pacific 
Ocean, included in Oceanica. 

689. In what general direction will a ship sail in going 
from New York to Liverpool ? 

690-694. Which are the five principal bays on the 
Atlantic coast of the L'nited States .^ 

Describe the (695) Hudson and the (696) Connecticut 
rivers : — where each rises, m what direction it flows, and 
where it empties. 

697. Mention aud describe the largest river which flows 
into Delaware Bay. 

698-700. Mention the three largest rivers of South 
America which flow iuto the Atlantic. 



90 THE REGEKTS' QUESTIONS. 

701. Mention five countries of South America which 
border ok the Atlantic, (702) four on the Pacific, (703) one 
wholly inland, and (704) six countries of Asia. 



Examination XXYII, J^urie ^, 7876. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

705. In what general direction do the rivers of the 
Eastern and Middle States flow, and (706) those of the 
Southern States which empty into the Atlantic ? 

709-70^. Mention three rivers which empty into Long 
Island Sound. 

What large river empties into (710) New York Bay ? 
(711) into Delaware Bay? (713) into Chesapeake Bay? 

713. What river forms about half of the southern 
boundary of the United States ? 

714. Mention the most extensive river basin of the 
United States ; (715) where does this basin begin on the 
north, and (716) where terminate south? 

717, Z\Iention five States on the eastern, and (718) five 
on the western slope of this basin. 

Mention two rivers in the northern part of the United 
States whose sources are near each other ; (719) one of 
which empties into the Pacific, and (730) and the other by 
the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. 

721. Mention the four great lakes between the United 
States and Canada: (733) what large lake connected 
with these is wholly in the United States? 

723. What extensive mountain chain in the western part 
of the United States, and (734) what is its general direc- 
tion ? (735) What mountain chain in the eastern part, 
and (736) what is its direction ? 

What (737) state and what (738) province bound the 
Eastern States on the west ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 



91 



729-733. Through what principal waters may the 
products of the western States pass from Chicago to 
Montreal ? and (734) through what, by the shortest route, 
from Chicago to New York ? 

735. Mention the highest mountain of South America; 
(736-738) mention three South American countries 
traversed by the Andes mountains. 

733. Mention six countries of Europe which border on 
the Atlantic or on the seas or bays connected with it, and 
(740) five countries in that part of Europe bordering on 
the Mediterranean ; (741) bound Europe. 

742. What great empire in the eastern part of Europe 
and extending into Asia .? (743) Bound Asia. 

744. What countries of Africa border on the Mediter- 
ranean Sea ? 



Exami7iation XXriII. JVov, 5, 7875, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

745. Within which Hemisphere (northern or southern, 
and eastern or western) is Australia included ? 

746. Give a similar statement in relation to the Ht mi- 
spheres within which the Caribbean sea is included. 

Define the (747) equator, (748) tropics, {7^9) polar circles, 
(750) latitude and (751) longitude. 

753-760. Write, in the order of their succession from 
north to south, the names of the zones and of the circles 
which separate them. 

What is the (761) length and (762) hreadth, in degrees, 
of the zone crossed by the equator ? 

What (763) hay partly separates New Brunswick from 
Nova Scotia ; and (764) what strait, Spain from Africa ? 

What paraUels bound the United States, (765) westward 
from the Lake of the Woods, and (766) eastward from 
the River St. Lawrence, respectively ? 

767. What is the outlet of Lake Huron ? 



93 THE regents' questions. 

768. What is the capital of California, and (769) ou what 
river is it situated f 

. 770. What river forms most of the boundary betAveen 
Marvland and Virginia ; and (771) where does it empty ? 

772. Mention and describe the largest eastern, branch of 
the Mississippi river. 

773-775. Name the three largest of the West India 
Islands. 

776. What and where is Terra del Fuego ? 

777. What countries constitute Great Britain ? 

778. What sea lies between Italy and Turkey .' 

779. What mountains on the east of Norway ? 

780. What larger river empties into the Black Sea from 
the west ? 

781. What mountain between the Chinese Empire and 
Hindoostan ? 

783. Where is the Empire of Japan, and (783) of what 
does it consist ? 

784. Where is the Island of St. Helena (nearest which 
grand division, and in what ocean) .' 



Bxaminatio7i XXIX, Feb. 36, 7876, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

785. What motion of the earth causes the alternation 
of day and night "^ 

What is the (786) mey'idian, and what the (787) longitude 
of a place ? 

788. How does the isthmus differ from a strait ? 

789. Which has at any time the longer day, Quito or 
Moscow ? (790) and why ? 

791-793. Of what three departments does the United 
States government consist ; and of what does each de- 
partment consist ? 



} 



GEOGRAPHY. 93 



Mention the (794-795) two principal mountain systems 
of the United States, and (796-799) four groups or ranges 
belonging to the more easterly system. 

800-804. Mention five cities on the Mississippi and its 
tributaries, and the State in which each is located. 

805-811. Through what waters would a ship pass in 
sailing from St. Louis to Constantinople ? 

^°Only seven answers are called for, though more 
might be given. 

812-816. Mention and describe five rivers that empty 
into the Atlantic or its adjacent bays, between the Hud- 
son and the Savannah. 

Mention a country of South America (817) wholly 
north of the Equator ; another (818) crossed by the 
Equator ; and a third (819) wholly south of the Equator, 
but farther north than Patagonia. 

820. What and where is the Crimea ? 

821. Mention and describe a river of Africa that empties 
into the Mediterranean Sea. 

822. What mountain range on the joint border of 
France and Spain ; (823) of Norway or Sweden ; (824) of 
Russia and Siberia ? 



£Jxamination XXX, J'une 9^ /876, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

825. Bound the territory of the United States. 

826. Through what large bodies of water does a part of 
the northern boundary of the United States run ? 

827. Name the New England States. 

829^36. Name the other States which border on the 
Atlantic. 
S37. What States border on the Pacific ? 



94 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

838. What mountain system is nearly parallel with the 
Atlantic coast ; (839) into what do the rivers on the east- 
ern elope flow, and (840) into what those on its western 
elope ? 

841. What great mountain system of the Western 
Hemisphere is nearly parallel with the Pacific, and into 
what do the rivers on its (842) eastern slope, and (843) 
those on its western, empty ? 

844. What range of mountains in Oregon ? 

845-846. Mention two ranges in California, and (847) 
one group in Arkansas. 

848. What four countries of Europe are denominated 
empires ? 

849. Mention the capital of each of these empires. 

850. Which of these empires extend into Asia ? 

851. What territory has France in Africa ? 

852-856. Starting southerly from the Straits of Gibraltar, 
through what bodies of water will a ship sail in passing 
around Africa to the place of starting ? 

857. How many times will she cross the equator ? 

858-861. What three prominent capes, and what large 
island will she pass ? 

862. Through what waters will a ship sail in passing 
easterly from Gibraltar to Calcutta; (863) what two 
prominent capes, and (864) what large island will she 
pass during the latter half of the voyage? 



JEJxamination XXXI. JVov. 70, 7876, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

865. Which oceans each extend across three zones ; and 
(866) what are the names of those zones ? 

Mention (867) two grand divisions, and (868) two large 
islands that are crossed by the equator. 

869-871. What three large bodies of land are crossed by 
the tropic of Capricorn ? 



GEOGRAPHY, 95 

872 How many degrees from Greenwich is the middle 
meridian of the Western Hemisphere ? 

873-875. What are the three principal divisions of 
North America ? 

876. Which is the wider: the Atlantic or the Pacific 
«ide of the United States ? 

877-881. Mention five large bays and gulfs along the 
Atlantic side of North America. 

882. Which ocean is most interspersed with islands ? 

883. What recently acquired territory of the United 
States extends eastward from Behring's Strait to British 
America ? 

848-885. Which two of the United States extend farthest 
«outh, and (886) what one farthest north ? 

887. What river forms part of the north-east boundary 
of the United States ; and (888) what river forms part of 
the south-west boundary ? 

889. What city on the north shore of Lake Ontario.'* 

890-897. What States are adjacent to Tennessee ? 

898-900. What countries (excluding islands) of Europe 
are either wholly or partly west of the meridian of 
•Greenwich ? 

901. In what direction is Ceylon from Japan ? t 

902. What gulf is connected with the Arabian Sea ? 

903. Under what government is the country between 
the Mediterranean and Black Seas ? 

90i. What great mountain chain north of India ? 



REGENT'S QUESTIONS, 

1866-1876. 



GRAMMAR. 



Examination 7. JVor, 7, f866, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1. "When are words said to be ^^ derivative" and when 
^* compound ? " Give examples of each. 

2. What classes ol words are compared ? ^ Give ex- 
amples of the regular comparison of words both by pre- 
fixes and suffixes ; also, of irregular comparison, and of 
words of the same classes which do not admit of com- 
parison. 

3. What are the names of the different classes of 
pronouns ? 

4. What particular pronouns are varied in form to 
denote gender ? 

5. Write sentences m which the relatives ivho, whichf 
what and that are properly used. 

6. What is meant by case in nouns and pronouns ? 



98 THE regents' QUESTIOTsrg. 

7. What properties (or modifications, attributes, &c.,) 
have verbs ? 

8. What is mood ? tense ? 

9. What moods cannot be used in interrogative sen- 
tences ? 

10. What tenses can be formed without auxiliaries ? 

11. Give the second person singular of the verb be in 
the several moods and tenses. 

12. What class of verbs admit of the passive form, and 
of which principal part and which auxiliary verb is this 
form coi?structed ? Give the first person singular passive 
of the verb see, in each of the moods and tenses. 

13. What are the principal parts of the following verbs : 
lay, lie, lead, make, ride, see, swim, write? 

14. Of what does syntax treat ? 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

Answer each of the questions annexed to the following 

sentence : — 

"Of the committee who, in June, 1776, had been ap- 
pointed to prepare the plan, Samuel Adams alone re- 
mained a member ; and even he was absent when * * 
'articles of confederation and perpetual union' were 
adopted, to be submitted for approbation to the severa* 
States." — Bancroft's TJ. 8. History, Vol. IX, page 436. 

15. Of how many propositions (or principal clauses) 
does the above sentence consist, and with what word does 
each proposition end .'' 

16. Give the leading subject and predicate of each pro- 
position ? 

17. Designate the subordinate (or auxiliary) clauses (c 
sentences'), and the subject and predicate of each. 

18. Point out the several phrases, and the words whick 
they respectively modify. 

19. Mention all the connectives, and the words, phrases, 
&c., which they severally unite. 

20. What words, phrases, &c., perform an adjective and 
what an adverbial office ? 



GRAMMAR. 99 



21. What kind of a noun is '^committee?" ^'June?" 
^^approbation?'" 

23. Are the following words respectively primitive or 
derivative: "'appointed,'" ^'prepare,'' '■'absent," '•'^fif- 
teenth" ' ' articles" ' ' were, " ' ' States ? " 

23. Parse, '"ivho," ''1776," ''member," 'even," "were 
adopted," and " to be submitted.'" 

24. Give the voice (or form), mood, tense, person and 
number of '^ had been appointed'' and "remained." 



Bxaminati07i II. F'eb. 28, 7867, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

"The best authors should be read by the student, that 
he may thus insensibly acquire a grace and refinement of 
expression which no arbitrary rules can give." 

25. Parse "best" in the above sentence. [In parsing 
any word, be careful to give a full statement of its pro- 
perties and relations, i. e., its etymology and syntax.^ 

26. Give the voice (or form), mood, tense, person and 
number of " should be read.'" 

27. Decline "student." 

28. Parse "that." 

29. What auxiliary verbs are used in the above sen- 
tence ? 

30. In what mood is "acquired." 

31. In what case is "refinement." 

32. Parse "which." 

33. Transpose each transitive (or active) clause into its 
equivalent passive form and vice versa, and write out the 
full sentence in this changed form. 

34. Into what simple sentences (or clauses') can the above 
sentence be separated ? 

85. Give the subject and predicate of each simple sen- 
tence. 



100 THE regents' questions. 

36. Parse ''thus.'' 

37. What parts of speech (or classes of words) are not 
contained in this sentence ? 

38. Parse "no." 

Pupils who have suflflcient time may add a formal an- 
alysis of the above sentence, adopting any system with 
which they are familiar. 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

39. Write the plural of wharf, axis, focus, clierubj 
phenomenon. 

40. What is the difference between an adjective and an 
adverb ? 

41 . Write a sentence having for its predicate the passive, 
pote7itial. present, third, plural form of the verb see. 

42. Give a list of ten words commonly used as preposi- 
tions. 

43. What is the difference in the proper use of the rela- 
tives who, which and that ? 

44. Analyze the following sentence, according to any 

familiar system : — 

"The use of a good dictionary should be insisted upon 
in the preparation of such lessons as are learned from 
books." 

45. How may a declarative sentence be made interrog- 
ative ? 

46. In the sentence, "Our fathers, where are they?" 
parse ^^ fathers.'" 

47. Why is the sentence "John ought to have went" 
incorrect ? 

48. In what respect is the sentence, 

" Whom do men say that I am," 
grammatically incorrect ? 

Pupils who have time, will please illustrate the answers 
to the second, fifth, sixth and seventh questions by appro- 
priate examples. 



1 



GRAMMAR. 101 



^xami7iation III. Ju7ie 73, 7867* 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

{}') "God made the country and man made the town. 
(2) What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts 
If) That can alone make sweet the bitter draught 
(4) That life holds out to all, should most abound 
(^) And least be threatened in the fields and groves ? 
(«) Possess ye, therefore, ye who, borne about 
(') In chariots and sedans, know no fatigue 
(^) But that of idleness, and taste no scenes 
(») But such as art contrives, possess ye still 
(1°) Tour element ; there only can ye shine." 

— Cowper^s Task. 

49. How many letters in the first line of the above ex- 
ercise are liquids? 

50. Write the words in the first five lines which contain 
diphthongs, enclosing each diphthong in a parenthesis. 

51. Which words in the sixth line are dissyllables ? 

52. Write the words in the exercise which are trisylla- 
bles, and mark the accented syllable in each. 

58. Which line contains no nou7i ? 

54. What part or parts of speech (or classes of words) 
are not contained in the above exercise ? 

55. What irregular verbs occur in the exercise ? 

56. What passive participle (used only as such) ? 

57. What verbs in the exercise are in the indicative 
mood ? 

58. Wt at verbs in the potential mood ? 

59. What verbs in the imperative mood ? 

60. What adjectives occur in the exercise ? 

61. What perso7ial pronouns ? 

62. What relative pronouns ? 

Pupils who have suflBcient time, are requested to ar- 
range all other words in the above exercise into columns, 
according to the parts of speech (or classes of words) to 
which they belong ; also to state how many, and what 
kind or kinds of feet are used in each line. 



103 THE EEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Accuracy in either of these items may be counted as one 
correct answer. 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

63. In the sentence, 

" God made the country and man made the town," 
what words, phrases or clauses does "and" connect ? 

64. What is the leading subject of the following sen- 
tence : — 

(1) "What wonder then that health- and virtue, gifts 

(2) That can alone make sweet the bitter draught 

(3) That life holds out to all, should most abound 

(*) And least be threatened in the fields and groves ? " 

65. What is the predicate of the same sentence ? 

66. Parse " that " in the first line. 

67. Parse ''that " in the second line. 

68. Parse " that " in the third line. 

69. Parse '^ health'' and '^ lirtue,'' and the verbs of 
which they are the joint subject, 

70. Parse ^'iconder " in the first line. 

71. Parse ^'gifts'' in the first line. 

72. Parse " sweet'' in the second line. 

Pupils who have time, will please give an analysis of 
the above sentence, '• What loonder then." &c., according 
to any familiar system ; with one credit for accuracy in 
this particular. 



Bxamination IT, A^ov. 7, 7867* 
(1:30-3:30 P. M.) 

73. What is a suffix ? 

74. What is the primative of indescribable ? 

75. How are adjectives regularly compared.' 

76. Compare the adjective whose si^iperlative is last? 

77. What is the difference between an adjective and an 
adverb .' 



GRAMMAR. 103 



78. What are the different oflBces of that ? 

79. In the sentence, ^'■And is a conjunction" what part 
of gpeech is "and ?" 

80. Change the sentence, ^^ Latin is taught hy Professor 
Smith," into the corresponaing active form. 

81. Make the same sentence both active and interroga- 
tive. 

82. What part or parts of speech do not occur in the 

following sentence : — 

"Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, 
Both when we wake and when we sleep." 

83. Parse "&o^7i" in the above couplet. 

84. Correct "I done as well as I could," and give the 
reason for the correction. 

85. Correct "set down and rest," and give the reason 
for the correction. 

86. Why is the sentence, "John ought to have went," 
incorrect ? 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

"How gloriously, and yet how differently, has the Au- 
thor of Nature lighted up the day by the resplendent sun,, 
and the night by the moon and the starry host." 

87. What is the grammatical subject of the above sen- 
tence ? 

88. What is the gramnnatical predicate ? 

89. Parse the gram, subject. 

90. Parse the gram, predicate. 

91. What is the modified or logical predicate of the above 
sentence ? 

92. Parse "difermtly." 

Correct each of the following sentences, and give the 
reason for the correction : — 

93. "Either ability or inclination were wanting." 

94. " If I was a teacher I should give shorter lessons." 

95. "We hoped to have heard from you before this." 

96. "He has waxen all the threads." 



104 THE regents' questions. 

Bxamination V, I^eb. 20, 7868. 
(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

97. Give the classifications of words according to their 
various offi^ces in sentences. 

98. Write a sentence containing a compound word. 

99. Decline "ox" in both numbers. 

100. Give a numeral adjective of the ordinal kind. 

101. Write a sentence containing a collective noun and a 
transitive verb. 

102. Parse "to6e" in the sentence, "To be, contents 
his natural desire." 

103. What tenses are used in the potential mood ? 

104. Give the synopsis of the verb "&e" in the second 
person singular in aU the tenses of the finite moods. 

Parse '■^whaV in each of the following sentences : — 
10.5. What ! art thou still unsatisfied ? 

106. What art thou doing ? 

107. What we possessed was taken. 

Correct the following sentences, and give the reason for 
each correction : — 

108. "Trust not him whom you know is dishonest." 
309. "What signifies good opinions when our practices 

is bad ? " 
110. "If we study we learn." 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

" When Boulton, the associate of the great Watt, showed 
his iron manufactory, he said, ' I sell here what all men 
are anxious to buy, Power.' " 

Parse each of the following words, giving for nouns, 
the class or kind, gender, person, number, case, agreejnent 
or government, and rule of syntax; for vey^bs, the prin- 
cipal parts, voice or form, mood, tense, person, number, 
agreeynent, and rule of syntax : — 

111 ''Boulton;'' (112) ''showed;" (113) "said;" (114) 
"sell;" (115) "buy;" (116) "Power." 



GRAMMAR. 105 



117. Wha-t parts of speech, or classes of words, (if any,) 
are not found in the above exercise ? 

118. Separate the above exercise into the several simple 
sentences which it contains. 

119. Change '"sell" to the passive form, and recon- 
struct the part of the exercise which follows ^^said,'' to 
correspond in signification with this change of form. 

120. Analyze the whole exercise, according to any ap- 
proved system with which you are familiar. 



Examination VI. lune ^, 7868. 

(1:30-3:00 p. M.) 

(1) "It is enacted in the laws of Venice, — 

(2) If it be proved against an alien, 

(3) That by direct or indirect attempts 

(4) He seeks the life of any citizen, 

(5) The party 'gainst the which he doth contrive, 

(6) Shall seize one-half his goods ; the other half 
{<) Comes to the privy coffer of the state ; 

(8) And the offender's life lies in the mercy 
(9j Of the duke only, 'gainst aU other voice. 
(10) In which predicament I say thou stand'st: 
(") For it appears by manifest proceeding, 

(12) That indirectly, and directly too — 

(13) Thou hast contrived against the very life 
(") Of the defendant ; and thou hast incurred 
(15) The danger formerly by me rehearsed. 

0«) Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke. 

—Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene 1. 

121. What parts of speech (or classes of words) are 
contained in the above exercise ? 

122. Are there any proper, collective, abstract or verbal 
nouns in the exercise 7 If so, make a list of them. 

123. What words in the possessive case ? 

124. Which line contains a noun ? 

125. Which lines no pronoun, (expressed or under- 
stood ?) 



106 THE regents' questions. 

126. Which line contains but t"wo different parts of 
speech ; and what are those parts of speech ? 

127. Compare an adjective in the exercise that admits 
of comparison. 

128. Which lines of the exercise contain no finite verb ? 

129. Which lines have finite passive verbs ; and what 
are those verbs ? 

130. Make a list of the different prepositions in the 
exercise. 

131. Make a list of the adverbs, and the conjunctions, 
separately. 

132. What following parts of the exercise does "i^' in 
the first line stand for, or represent ? 

133. What does "ir' in the second line represent ? 

134. What participle (used as such) in this exercise ? 

(3:30-^:30 P. M.) 

135. In the clause, ''If it he proved against an alien,'* 
&c., in what mood is the verb, and why ? 

136. Parse ''only'" in the phrase, " Of the duke only." 

137. What is the principal or leading clause in the sen- 
tence, "Jn which predicament I say thou stand' st." 

138. Parse "which" in the same sentence. 

139. Give the principal parts of "say" and " stand' st,'* 

140. Parse the verb in "Thou hast incurred the danger" 
giving the voice (or form) mood, tense, person, number, 
subject, and rule of syntax. 

141. Change the quotation in question number 140 to 
\hQ passive form. 

142. Parse "down" in the sentence, "Down, therefore, 
and teg mercy of the duke" giving particulars required in 
question number 140. 

143. In what case is "mercy" and why? 

144. Parse "therefore." 



GEAMMAK. 107 



Bxamination YII. JVov, 72, 7868, 

(1:30-3:00 p. M.) 

145. What are the plurals of radius, parenthesis, phe- 
nomenon, hroiher-in-law ? 

146. Compare had, beautiful, money, many. 

147. What classes of words (or parts of speech) are used 
to modify or limit other words in sentences ? 

148. Write a sentence containing which in the plural 
number, nominative case. 

149. Write sentences in which the relatives who, which 
what and that are properly used. 

150. Parse ^'whaV in the sentence, This is precisely 
ichat tvas necessary. 

151. Give a list of all the moods and tenses used in con- 
jugating verbs. 

152. Give the second person, singular, passive of the 
verb teach, in each tense of the indicative mood. 

153. What tenses, of what moods, can be formed with- 
out auxiliaries ? 

154. What are the principal parts of the verbs make, 
ride, sit, write? 

Correct the following sentences : — 

155. I expected to have found him, at home. 

156. The letter frotn which the extract is taken, and came 
by m,ail, is lost. 

157. Give examples of adverbs of time, place, negation 
and interrogation. 

1.58. Give four words commonly used as interjections. 
(3:30-4:30 P. m.) 

159. Write a sentence to illustrate the following rule of 

syntax : — 

Two or more singular subjects taken separately require 
the verb to be singular. 

160. What is the rule of syntax for the italicised word 
in the sentence. Did you see him strike the boy ? 



108 THE regents' questions. 

161. Correct the four following sentences : — 
Let each love others tetter than themselves. 

It was not me who took it. 

■Wisdom aud not wealth procure esteem. 

A nail well drove will support a great weight. 

■"To him who curbs desire within the bounds of *the 
enough,' 
The wildest blasts that heave the sea awake no fear of 
wreck." 

In the foregoing sentence parse — 

162. The subject of the principal clause ; 

163. The predicate of the same clause ; 

164. The first word, ''To ;" 

165. The last word of first line, '■'enough.'" 

166. Change ' ' The icildest blasts that heave the sea awake 
no fear of wreck,'' to the equivalent passitje/orm. 

167. Which words of the sentence are relatives ? 

168. Analyze the sentence according to any system with 
which you are familiar. 



J^xaminati09i Till, 2^eb, 18, f869, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

169. Write a ^ -oper noun ; a common noun ; a collective 
noun ; and an abstract noun. 

170. Give the possessive plural form of motto, lady, thou 
and man. 

171. Write a sentence containing an active transitive 
verb, and change the same into the corresponding passive 
form. 

173. Give a synapsis of the verb teach in the first per- 
son, singular, active and passive. 

173. How do you distinguish adjectives from adverbs ? 

174. Write an ordinal adverb ; an adverb of manne'>' ; 
.an adverb of degree ; and a copulative conjunction. 



GRAMMAR. 109 



175. Give the correlatives of lad, empress, czar and 
Francis. [A masculine noun and its corresponding 
feminine are called correlative nouns.] 

176. Correct the following in regard to capitals and 
punctuation : — 

mister smith, will you please Excuse my son John next 
friday at 10 o'clock T Jenkins 

177. Write four sentences : the first to contain who, in 
the second person, plural number; the second, which, 
singular number, objective case; the third, whom, mas- 
culine gender; the fourth, that, second person, singular 
number. 

178. Correct the following sentences: — 
He hadn't ought to have done it, 

I do not knoio loho she ivent with. 

No country will allow of such a practice. 

It loas not me who took it. 

179. Define the grammatical terms, subject, predicate, 
m.ood, syntax. 

180. Compare all the words in the following couplet 
which admit of comparison : — 

How far that little candle throws his beams ! 
So shines a good deed in a naughty world. 

181. What classes of verbs take the same case after as 
before them ? 

183. Give an example to illustrate the last preceding 
question. 

(3:30-4:30 p. M.) 

(1) So live, that when thy summons comes to join 

(2) The innumerable caravan, that moves 

(3) To that mysterious realm, where each shall take 
(•') His chamber in the silent halls of death, 

(5) Thou go not like the quarry-slave at ni2:ht. 

(«) Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained'and soothed 

C) By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, 

(8) Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch 

(9) About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. 

183. Parse the predicate of the principal or leading 
clause. 



110 THE KEGENTS' QUFSTIOIJS. 

184. Upon what does the infinitive "to join" depend; 
or, if you regard "to" as a preposition, what does it 
connect ? 

185. Give the voice (or forni), mood, tense and subject of 
each verb in the second, third, fifth and seventh lines. 

186. What conjunctions occur in the exercise, and what 
do they respectively connect ? 

187. Parse ^'■that'" wherever it occurs in the exercise. 

188. Parse ^^ quarts-slave,'''' ^^ sustained," "one," and 
" to " (in the last line.) 

189. What are the principal parts of "take," ^^go," 
"soothed" and "lies?" 

190. Make a list of all the nouns in the exercise. 

191. What is the primitive of "unfaltering?" 

192. Analyze the clause from "but" to "dreams," Id 
elusive. 



Mxaminatio7i IX, Jtine, 70, 7869, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

"If we compare our English literature to a beautiful 
garden, where Milton lifts his head to heaven in the spot- 
less chalice of the tall white lily, and Shakspeare scatters 
his dramas around him in beds of fragrant roses, blushing 
with a thousand various shades. — some stained to the core 
as if with blood, others imfolding their fair pink petals 
with a lovely smile to the sumnier sun, — what shall we 
find in shrub or flower so like the timid, shrinking spirit 
of William Cowper as that delicate sensitive-plant, whose 
leaves, folding up at the slightest touch, cannot bear even 
the brighter rays of the cherishing sun ? " 

193. Might the former and latter parts of the above ex- 
ercise be mutually transposed without materially affect- 
ing the sense ? and if so, state with what word such latter 
part begins. 

19i. Make a list of all the verbs in the exercise, includ- 
ing participles. 



GRAMMAR. Ill 



195. Which of these is the leading cr principal verb ? 

196. Give the principal parts of this leading or prin- 
cipal verb. 

197. Make a list of all the participles, (not including 
those used as parts of the finite verbs referred to in ques- 
tion 191.) 

198. Make a list of the several verbs from which these 
participles are derived. 

199. Which of these participles are active and which are 
passive ? 

200. Mention all the proper nouns in the exercise. 

201. Mention any compound nouns which occur therein. 

202. In what mood is " compare ? " 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

203. Make a list of such words in the above exercise 
as are used adjectively. 

204. Which of the words included in the answer to 
question 193 2ixe participial adjectives? 

205. W^hat part of speech (or kind of word) is '''what ? " 

206. In what case is the same '■'what,'" and why .' 

207. In what case is ^'■spirit,'" (second line.'') 

208. What part of speech (or kind of word) is ^^up?" 

209. In what mood is the last verb of the exercise ? 

210. In what mood and tense is the first verb ? 

211. In what case is " sensitive-plant ? " 

212. Select from the exercise three adjectives represent- 
ing each of the different degrees of comparison. 

213. Parse '■'whose.'' 

214. Parse the leading or principal subject of the 
exercise, according to any method with which you are 
familiar. 

215. Give an analysis or diagram. 

216. Does the clause (beginning with "If" and ending 
with '■'sun'"') make complete sense taken by itself .' 



113 THE regents' questions. 

Bxamination X, JVov. //, 7869, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

217. What parts of speech (or classes of words) have 
cases ? 

218. What parts of speech (or classes of words) admit 
of compainson? 

219. How do adjectives of more than two syllables gen- 
erally form their comparative and superlative degrees ? 

220. Correct, " The pleasures of the. mind are more 
preferable than those of the body. 

221. What is the subjunctive mood used to express? 

222. Why is it called the '^subjunctive" mood ? 

223. What tense would be used in speaking of an event 
which occurred during the past year, and without refer- 
ence to any other date or event ? 

224. What class of verbs has no passive voice (or form) ? 

225. Construct a sentence having a verb in the potential 
mood. 

226. Correct, ' 'I will he droicned; no body shall help me .'" 

227. Complete this sentence by supplying verbs in the 

infinitive mood, ' ' Grammar professes us — 

correctly.''^ 

228. What rule of syntax is disregarded in the follow- 
ing sentence : — 

''The account, or journal, which was loritten by Ma- 
gellan, and which seems to have been in existence as late 
as 1783, are lost.'' 

229. Conjugate the verb "learn," in the active, indica- 
tive, pluperfect (or prior past). 

230. Conjugate the verb "seek," in the passive, sub- 
junctive, present. 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

0) Sir Isaac Newton drew close to the grate in which 

a fire had just been kindled. 
(2) By and by it grew very hot. 



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GRAMMAR. US 



(3) He rang the bell. 

(4) The servant came. 

(s) "Take away the grate," said th€ philosopher, "be-^ 

fore I am burned to death," 
(6) "Had you not better draw back your chair, sir?" 

said John, Avaggishly. 
("i) "Upon my word." said Sir Isaac, laughing, "I had 

not thought of that." 

231. Which sentence (if any) of the foregoing exercise 
contains r.o noun ? 

232. What sentences (or classes of sentences) in the 
exercise are not declarative.^ 

233. If not declarative, what are they respectively ? 

234. What is the subject of the principal clause of the 
fifth sentence.' 

235. What are the subjects of the other clauses of the 
fifth sentence ? 

236. Give the principal parts of "dreto," ^'kindled," 
'^grew,'" ''rang.'''' 

237. What four other irregular verbs in the exercise ? 

238. Which verbs of the exercise are in the passive voice 
(or form) ? 

239. Give the voice (or form), mood, tense, person^ 
nuinber and suhject of the last verb of the exercise. 

240. Parse one at least of the four following italicised 
words, taking your choice c "Tiad" and "draio," (sixth, 
sentence;) "upon," giving antecedent terms of relation^ 
and ''that,''' (seventh sentence.) 



Bxaminati077 XI. Feb. 77, 7870. 

(l;30^3:00 P. M.) 

(1) K. Henry. "Therefore, my lords, omit no happy hour 

(2) That may give furtherance to our expedition : 

(3) For we liave now no thought in us but France, 

(4) Save those to God. that run before our business. 

(5) Tlierefore, let our proportions for these wars 

(6) Be soon collected ; and all things thought upon 



114 THE regents' questions. 

C) That may, with reasonable softness, add 
(8) More feathers to our wings ; for, God before 
(») We '11 chide this dauphin at his father's door. 
(10) Therefore, let every man now task his thought, 
(") That this fair action may on foot be brought." 

— Shakspear's King Henry V., end of Act 1. 

241. Make a list of all the parts of speech (or classes of 
words) represented in the above exercise. 

242. Make a list of all the parts of speech (if any) not 
so represented 

Give the part of speech of each of the following 
words : — 

243. "5w«," (third line;) " sa?;e," (fourth line; ) "^7iom^7i«," 
(third line ;) ''thought" (sixth line.) 

244. "■That," (second, fourth, seventh and eleventh 
lines, respectively.) 

245. Make a list of all the moods represented in the 
exercise. 

246. Give an example, from the exercise, of a verb in 
each mood so represented. 

247. Parse "^Timgrs," (sixth line.) 

248. Parse "6e/ore," (fourth line.) 

249. Parse "&e/ore," (eighth line.) 

250. Parse ' * chide, " (ninth line, ) giving principal parts, 
voice (or form,) mood, te^ise, person, number, subject and 
rule of syntax. 

251. In what case is each proper noun in the exercise ? 

252. To what does 'Hhose" (fourth line) refer? 

253. Parse ''furtherance" (second line.) 

254. Parse "hrought" (eleventh line,) as required in 
question 250. 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

255. What is a sentence ? 

256. What are the essential parts (or elements) of sen- 
tences ? 

257. How are sentences classified in regard to form,? 



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258. Give an example of a sentence in each of the 
varieties of form referred to in question 357. 

259. Decline each of the personal pronoims. 

260. Conjugate the verb "be," in all the tenses, persohs 
and numbers of the indicative mood. 

261. Conjugate the verb "fcwoit'," in all the tenses, 
persons and numbers of the potential mood. 

262. What is sj-ntax .' 

263. Change the following sentence into the equivalent 
passive form : — 

"Them that honor me, I will honor." 

264. Change into the equivalent active form : — 

"He was admitted into this institution by some gentle- 
men who had been his father's friends." 



Examination XII, June 9, /870. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

(1) 1. "The common belief that the scales of the crocodile 

(2) will stop a bullet is very erroneous. 2. If a rifle is 

(3) loaded with the moderate charge of two and a half 

(4) drachms, it will throw an ounce ball through the 

(5) scales of the hardest portion of the back ; but were 

(6) the scales struck obliquely, the bullet might possibly 
(T) glance from the surface, as in like manner it would 

(8) ricochet (rebound) from the surface of the water. 3. 

(9) The crocodile is so difficult to kill outright, that peo- 

(10) pie are apt to imagine that the scales have resisted 

(11) their bullets. 4. The only shots that will produce 

(12) instant death are those that strike the brain or spine 

(13) through the neck. "—Baker's Mle Sowxes of Abyssinia. 

265. What is the grammatical subject of the first sen- 
tence of the exercise ? 

266. What is the logical subject (grammatical subject 
and its modifiers) of the same sentence ? 

267. What is the logical predicate of the first sentence ? 

268. Parse the grammatical subject, (question 265.) 

269. Parse ''will stop," (second line.) 



116 THE regents' questions. 

270. Parse -'^Tia^," (first line.) 

271. Parse the first verb of the second sentence. 

272. Parse "i<," (foui-th line.) 

273. Parse "^TiJ'Owg'Ti," (fourth line.) 

274. Parse the verb of the clause, ^^hui were (he scales 
struck obliquely,'' (fifth and sixth lines.) 

275. Is the first sentence of the exercise simple, com- 
pound or complex in its construction ? 

276. Find an infinitive verb in the exercise, and parse it. 

277. Find a relative pronoun, and parse it. 

278. What are the principal parts of '^throio," (fourth 
line.) 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

279. Parse ''difficult," {nmth line.) 

280. Parse ''outriglit:' (ninth line.) 

281. What part of speech (or class of words) is " ap<," 
(tenth line.) 

282. What part of speech is ''that " in each of the four 
instances where it occurs in the ninth, tenth and eleventh 
lines ? 

283. Change "the scales have resisted their bullets" into 
the corresponding passive foi-m, using the same words 
and only such additional ones as may be necessary. 

284. Conjugate "strike" in all the tenses, persons and 
numbers of the potential mood passive voice (or form). 

285. Change the latter sentence of the above exercise 
into the corresponding interrogative form, using precisely 
the same words, with only such change of arrangement 
as maj' be necessary. 

286. WhdLt is the primitive ot ''imagine.'" 

287. What noun in common use is derived from the 
same root as "imagine? 

288. What word may be used instead of "that" in the 
last sentence, without changing the sense or construc- 
tion ? 



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JSJxamination XIII. JYor, W, 7870, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 



1. "It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day, the 
sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich 
and golden livery which we always associate with the 
idea of abundance. 2. The forests had put on their 
sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the ten- 
derer kind had been nipped by the fVosts into brilliant 
dyes of orange, purple and scarlet. 3. Streaming 
files of wild ducks began to make their appearance 
high in the air; the bark of the squirrel might be 
heard from the groves of beech and hickory nuts, and 
the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the 
neighboring stubble-field. — Irmng's Legend of Sleepy 
Hollow. 



289. Select from the exercise one example each of 
primitive, derivative, simple and compound words. 

290. Select also a word containing three different 
liquids. 

291. Give a specimen word in each of the degrees of 
comparison represented in the exercise. 

292. Is the first sentence (or period) simple or com- 
pound ; and declarative, imperative, interrogative Or ex- 
clamatory ? 

293. Write the several independent propositions in- 
volved in the first sentence, placing each in a line by 
itself. 

294. Which words of the third sentence (or period) are 
used as grammatical (or simple) subjects.' 

295. Which words of the same sentence are used aft 
grammatical (or simple) predicates ? 

296. Parse the last grammatical subject of the exercise.. 

297. Parse the last grammatical predicate of the ex- 
ercise. 

298. What passive verbs occur in the exercise ? 

299. Select from the exercise a verb in the infinitive 
mood, and parse it. 



118 THE REGEXTS' QUESTIOXS. 

300. What is the part of speech (or class of words) of 
each of the following : '"As," (first line;) "on," (fourth 
line;) '■^ yelloio.'''' (fifth line:) ''high,'" (ninth line.) 

301. Parse the verb in the ninth line. 

302. Parse '^ at'' and '■'■from,'" (eleventh line.) 

(3:30-4:30 p. M.) 

Parse each of the following words, with special refer- 
ence to accuracy and completeness : — 

303. ''Day:' (first line.) 

304. ">Se?'ene," (second line.) 

305. "TT'ore," (second line.) 
S06. " That," (second line.) 

307. "i2^er2/," (third line.) 

308. "IFMc/i," (third line.) 

309. Change '' which v:e always associate with the idea 
of abundance" to its equivalent as to meaning, but have 
the verb in the passive voice (or form.) 

310. Change ''nature wore that rich and golden livery ^^ 
to the corresponding interrogative form (as an independ- 
ent sentence.) 

311. Which teyises are represented in the several verbs 
of the above exercise .' 

312. Why is •' associate" in a different tense from either 
of the other verbs of the sentence.' Or, if unable to 
answei- the last question, you may tell whether ''have 
said " is transitive or intransitive ; and why, giving its 
object if it has one. 



Bxaminatiofi XIT. F'eb. 23, 787 ^^ 

(1:30-3:00 p. M.) 

(1) "29. And the time drew nigh that Israel must die : and 

(2) he called his son Joseph, and said unto him. If now 

(3) I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy 



GRAMMAR. 119 



) hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with 
6) me ; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt : 
8) "30. But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt 
'') carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryiug- 

8) place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 

9) "And he said. Swear unto me. And he sware unto 
") him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's 

(11) head." — Genesis xlvii, -uerses 39-31. 



^^All the questions refer to the above exercise. 



313. What different letters represent vowel (or vocal) 
sounds ? 

314. Write four of the words containing diphthongs (or 
digraphs. ) 

315. What words of the 29th verse contain silent double- 
consonants ? 

Write a word (ji any) belonging to each of the follow- 
ing classes, as indicated by italics, in questions 315 and 
330, inclusive: — 

316. Nouns: 

Cotnmon; proper ; abstract ; compound. 
Personal Pronouns : 

317. First Person: Sing, nom.; poss.; dbj.; Plural. 

d Person: " " " " " 

319. Third Person: " " " " " 

330. Relative Pronouns. 

331. Verbs : 

Indicative; subjunctive ; potential; imperative. 
333. kn adjective; adverb ; preposition ; conjunction. 

333. What tenses occur in the 30th verse ? 

334. Write the principal parts of four of the irregular 
verbs. 

325. Write the first person singular of the verb '^ carry" 
in each tense of the indicative mood. 

336. What are the differences between ^^ swear" and 
^^sicare" (sioore,) (ninth line.) in respect to principal 
parts, mood, tense and person ? 



130 THE regents' questions. 

(3:30-4:30 p. m.) 

327. What words might be used instead of '^(hat" 
(first line?) 
Parse the following words : — 
338. The last verb in the first line. 

329. The last verb in the second line. 

330. "ZTand," (third line.) 
iiSl. ''With,'' (fourth Une.) 
332. " TTiee," (fifth line.) 

3::J3. ''Bury,'' (fourth and fifth lines.) 

334. "iJed's," (tenth line.) 

335. Give the equivalent grammatical expression for 
^' the- bed's head?'' 

336. What is the tnodified (or logical) subject of the sen- 
tence, 'Hhe time drew nigh that Israel must die ? " 

If any scholars have time to spare, they wiU please 
write out an analysis of the 29th verse, according to any 
system with which they are familiar. 



Examination XY, J'une, 8, /87f' 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

(1) 1. "Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale, 

(2) thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and de- 

(3) cidedly small in circumference. 2. But nature or 
{*) inheritance had implanted a good sturdy spirit in 
'(5) Oliver's breast. 3. It had had plenty of room to ex- 
(8) pand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment; 
{'') and perhaps to this circumstance maj- be attributed 

(8) his having any ninth birthday at all. i. Be this as it 

(9) may. however, it loas his niulh birthday ; and he was 
(") keeping it in the coal cellar with a select party of 

(11) two other young gentlemen, who, after participating 

(12) with him in a sound threshing, had been locked up 
<i3) therein, for atrociousl}- presurning to be hungry ! " — 
(1*) Dickens' Oliver Tioist, Chap. II. 

337. Mention all the different parts of speech (or classes 

of words) included in the first proposition or sentence. 



GRAMMAR. 131 



338. Which are the fundamental or essential words of 
the first sentence : i. e., the simple (or primary) subject, 
predicate and object ? 

339. Which words of the first sentence are nouns in the 
objective case, and by what other word is each of these 
nouns governed ? 

340. Which words of the first sentence are adjectives, 
and to what substantive word does each of these adjec- 
tives belong .' 

341. Which words of the first sentence are adverbs, and 
what other words does each modify or limit ? 

343. Which words of the second sentence are conjunc- 
tions, and what particular words (or parts) of the exercise 
does each connect ? 

343. Give the subject, mood, tense, person and number 
of the verb in the second sentence. 

344. What does "^■^' (fourth line) stand for or repre 
sent ? 

345. Change the second sentence to its fuU equivalent 
as to meaning, but having the verb in the passive voice 
(or form.) 

346. Change the phrase "m Oliver's by-east'' to its 
equivalent, having the proper name in a different case. 

347. What is the difference between the first and the 
second "Tiad" in the fifth line of the exercise.'' 

348 Mention the numerical adjectives contained in the 
exercise, specifying each as cardinal or ordinal. 

349. What part of speech is ^^ perhaps," (seventh line?) 

350. What is the subject of ' ' may be attributed, " (seventh 
line ?) 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

Parse the following words contained in the above ex- 
ercise, beginning with the third sentence, fifth line : — 

351. " To," (seventh line.) 
853. "flawn^," (eighth line.) 



122 THE regents' questions. 

353. The finite verb in the seventh line. 

354. "^tWMa^/," (eighth line.) 

355. "^iri'/ida2/," (ninth line.) 

356. ""H^Tio," (eleventh line.) 

357. ''After,'' (eleventh line.) 

358. ''Fresuming,'''' (thirteenth line.) 

359. "^wngrr^/," (thirteenth line.) 

360. Any one of the verbs in the infinitive mood. 



Bxamination XTI, JVov, 9, /87f» 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1. "Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of 
those means which the God of nature hath placed in our 
power. 2. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles 
alone. 3. There is a just God who will raise up friends 
to fight our battles for us. 4. If we were base enough to 
deserve it. it is now too late to retire from the contest. 
4. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. 5. 
Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on 
the plains of Boston. 6. Is life so dear, or peace so sweet 
as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery 7 7. 
I know not what course others may take ; but as for me, 
give me liberty, or give me death ! " 

361. Make a list of all the nouns in the first sentence. 

362. Make a list of all the words used adjectlvely in the 
first sentence. 

363. Give the principal parts of all the verbs in the first 
and second sentences. 

364. Select from the above exercise a verb to represent 
each one of the different moods used in it, mentioning the 
mood of each one named. 

365. Make a list of the tenses in the indicative mood, 
and then draw a line across the names of those not in 
this exercise. 

366. Make a list of all the passive verbs in the exercise. 

367. Decline the personal pronoun of the first person, 



GRAMMAR. 128 



and the personal pronoun of the third person, neuter 
gender ; then draw a line across each word of these lists 
that does not occur in the exercise. 

368. What part of speech (or kind of word) is "sir" in 
the first and second sentences ? 

369. Compare such adjectives of the first and fourth 
sentences as admit of comparison. 

370. What is the difference, as to syntax, between the 
first and the second ^'iV in the fourth sentence? 

371. What word is the subject of the fifth sentence? 
373. What is the predicate {grararaatical or unmodified) 

of the second sentence ? 

373. Give an example, from the exercise, of the follow- 
ing kinds of sentences : declarative, interrogative, im- 
perative. 

374. Change the sixth sentence so that the same thought 
may be expressed, but using verbs in the active voice (or 
form) only. 

The following question may be answered in the place 
of any one of the foregoing, if preferred : — 

What is the difference, as to syntax, between "me" and 
^^ death" in the seventh sentence? 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

Parse the following words contained in the above ex- 
ercise : — 
37.5. The second verb of the first sentence. 

376. ''Which,'' (first sentence.) 

377. The third verb of the first sentence. 

378. The last V€7-b of the third sentence. 

379. ' 'Enough,'" (fourth sentence.) 

380. ''Retreat,'' (fifth sentence.) 

381. " Clanking," (sixth sentence.) 

382. The second verb of the sixth sentence. 

383. "WTiai," (seventh sentence.) 

384. The last verb of the seventh sentence. 



"124: THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



-£xaminatio7i XTII. J^eb. 27 , f872, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1.. "A country schoolmaster had two pupils, to one of 
whom he was partial, and to the other severe. 2. One 
morning it happened that these two boys were late, and 
were called up to account for it. 3. 'You must have 
heard the bell, boys ; why did you not come .' ' 4. ' Please, 
sir,' said Tom, (the favorite.) 'I was dreaming that I was 
going to Margate, and I thought the school-bell was the 
steamboat-bell.' 5. 'Very well,' said the master, glad of 
any pretext to excuse his favorite. 6. 'And now, Bill, 
turning to the other, ' what have you to say .^ ' 7. ' Please, 
sir,' said the puzzled bov, 'I — I— I was waiting to see 
Tom off.'" 

Parse the following words contained in the above ex- 
-ereise : — 

385. The noun used as the subject of the first sentence. 

386. "TFTiom," (first sentence.) 

•387. The first noun of the second sentence. 

388. The third verb of the second sentence. 

389. '^Account," (second sentence.) 

390. The first verb of the third sentence. 

391. ^^Boys," (third sentence.) 

392. The second verb of the third sentence. 

393. ^^Steamboat-'bell,'' (fourth sentence.) 

394. ''Glad,'' (fifth sentence.) 

395. ''What,'' (sixth sentence.) 

396. "Rave," (sixth sentence.) 

397. The la^t word of the sixth sentence. 
^398. "Of," (seventh sentence.) 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

399. Give an example of an adjective derived from a 
'proper noun. 

400. Into what three (or four) classes are words divided, 
as to the number of their syllables ? 

401. Give the first person plural of "go" in all the 
tenses of the indicative mood. 



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GRAMMAR. 135 



402. Give th« passive, potential, pluperfect, third, sing- 
ular of ^^ examine." 

403. Give ten words commonly used as prepositions. 

404. What is the subject xoord of the sentence constitut- 
ing question 400 above ? 

405. Of what does syntax treat ? 

406. "Write a sentence (or two sentences, if you prefer, ) 
in which the words "se^!" and ^'siV are properly used. 

407. Correct, "If John had went to school, he would 
not now deserve punishment ; but he done as he pleased 
and must take the consequences." 

408. Give a reason for each correction of false syntax 
•made in your answer to question 406. 

Scholars who have suflficient time may re-write the fol- 
lowing letter, with the needed corrections as to general 
arrangement, capitals and punctuation ; and the satisfac- 
tory exeeution of the whole, including penmanship, wiU 
be allowed as two correct answers : — 
baltimore feb 10 1872 dear father i have just returned 
from Washington where i spent two days very pleasantly 
i visited the capitol and saw mr browns cousin charles 
«umner who is you know one of the senators from mas- 
sachusetts i also saw president grant and many other dis- 
tinguished men whom i have not time to mention is mother 
weli what did John get from santa clause has maria 
finished arithmetic this is rough paper bad ink and o 
what a pen in haste good bye your affectionate son John 
kennedy. 

Examination XYIII. Jtine 6, 7872, 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

1. "As a man who was deeply involved in debt was 
walking in the street with a very melancholy air, one of 
his acquaintances asked him why he was so sorrowful 

2. 'Alas ! ' said his friend. ' I am in a state of insolvency.' 

3. 'Well,' said his friend, 'if that is the case, it is not 
you, but your creditors, who ought to wear a woeful 
countenance.' " 



126 THE regents' questions. 



Write each one of the following words, with its number 
prefixed, and immediately thereafter, the part of speech 
(or class of words) to which it belongs :— 

First sentence : (409) As ; (410) who ; (411) deeply ; (412) 
debt ; (413) in ; (414) avr ; (415) owe ; (416) acquaintances ; 
(417) asTced ; (418) why; (419) sorrowful. 

Second sentence : (420) Alas ; (421) he ; (422) am. 

Third sentence : (423) Well ; (434) that ; (425) hut ; (426) 
your ; (427) ought ; (428) wear. 

Write each one of the following words with its number 
prefixed, and immediately thereafter the word (or words) 
to which it is related as a principal element, (^sutject, 
predicate or object,)— ii this be the case,— or to which it 
belongs as an adjunct, if it have either adjective or ad- 
verbial force : — 

First sentence : (429) man ; (430) who ; (431) very ; (432) 
melancholy ; (433) asked ; (434) him ; (435) sorrowful. 

Second sentence : (436) Tie; (437) state ; (438) insolvency. 

Third sentence : (439) said ; (440) his ; (441) that ; (442) 
case ; (443) not ; (444) creditors ; (445) ought ; (446) wear / 
(447) woeful ; (448) countenance. 

Select from the first sentence a word in the (449) nomi- 
native case ; one in the (450) possessive case ; and one in 
the (451) objective case. [Number answers as before.] 

Mention the (4^52) first verb of the exercise, and give its 
(453) voice (or form), (454) mood, (455) tense, and (456) 
subject. 

Give the (457) first, (458) second, (459) third, and (460) 
fourth principal parts of the last verb of the exercise. 

Give the third person, singular number, of the first verb 
in the second sentence in each of the tenses of the indica- 
tive mood : i. e., (461) present ; (462) imperfect (or past); 
{4m) future; {4<6i) per feet {or prior present) ; {465) pluper- 
fect (or pj'ior past); (466) future perfect. 

Give the (467) comparative, and the (468) superlative 
forms of the last adjective of the exercise. 



GRAMMAR. 127 



(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

469. What word of the exercise has no syntax, (or 
grammatical relation to other words ?) 

470. Select from the exercise an example of a simple 
sentence (or independent py'oposition.) 

471. Is the first sentence simple or compound, or com- 
plex in its construction ? 

472. Answer the same question (471) with reference to 
the second sentence. 

473. What is the grammatical subject of the principal 
•(or independent) clause of the third sentence ? 

474. Change ^'tcas walking''' to the form of the plu- 
perfect (ov prior past) tense of the same mood, 

475. Change the verb of the expression ^'■vms deeply 
involved " to tho. potential mood, perfect {ov prior present) 
tense of the same voice (or fo7-m.) 

476. Change '^ one of his acquaintances asked him''' to 
its equivalent, haviug the verb in the passive form. 

477. Change " if that is the case " so that the verb shall 
he subjunctive in form. 

478. In what number is "icTio," (third sentence ?) 

479. In what words was the question referred to in the 
first sentence put by the asker (or speaker ?) 

480. What words does '^with'' in the first sentence con- 
nect or show the relation between ? 

481. What interrogative word occurs in the first sen- 
tence ? 

482. What kind of a conjunction is '• but ? " 

483. In what case is the word '^case,"' (third sentence ?) 

484. In what tense is "• cught,'' (third sentence .?) 

485. In what case is ^'■countenance,''' (third sentence ?) 

486. What word (potential mood sign) might be substi- 
tuted for '^ ought to," (third sentence ?) 

487. Of what word is ^^woefuV compounded? 

488. Which one of the five permanent vowels does not 
occur in ^^countenance?'' 



128 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

JEJxamination XIX, JVor, 7, 7872, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1. "Sing to me, dearest nightingale," said a shepherd to- 
the silent songstress, one beautiful spring evening. 

2. "Alas!" said the nightingale, "the frogs inake so- 
much noise that I have no inclination to sing. Do you 
not hear them ? " 

3. "Undoubtedly I hear them," replied the shepherd, 
"but it is owing- to your silence." 

Write each one of the following words, with its number 
prefixed, and immediately thereafter the 'part of speech 
(or class of words) to which it belongs : — 

First paragraph : (489) Sing ; (490) to ; (491) me ; (492> 
dearest ; (493) nightingale ; (494) spring. 

Second paragraph : (495) .4Zas; (496) so; (497) i/iai,- 
(498) no. 

Third paragraph : (499) Owing. 

Write each of the following words, with its number 
prefixed, and immediately thereafter describe it as the 
subject, predicate, object, adjective-adjunct (or modifier,) 
or adverbial-adjunct, — as the case may be, — of the word 
to which it is syntactically related : — 

First paragraph : (500) Sing; (501) said; (502) silent; 
(503) songstress; (504) one; (505) evening. 

Second paragraph : (506) iVoise ; {bQl) inclination ; (508)- 
sing. 

Third paragraph : (509) Owing ; (510) silence. 

Select from the third paragraph a word in the (511) 
nominative, one in the (512) possessive, and one in the 
(513) objective case. 

Mention the (514) second verb of the second paragraph ; 
and give its (515) voice (or form;) (516) mood; (517) 
tense; and (518) subject; also the (519)^rs^, (520) second^ 
and (521) third principal parts of the same verb. 

Change ^^ frogs make'' to each corresponding tense- 
form of the indicative and potential moods, viz : (522V 



GRAMMAR. 12S 



Indicative imperfect {or past;) (523) future; {524:') perfect 
(or prior present ;) (525) pluperfect (or prior past ;) (526> 
future perfect; (527) potential present; (528) imperfect 
{or past ;) {h2%) perfect {or prior present ;) {5^) pluperfect 
{or prior past.) 

Give the (5:31) positive and (532) comparative forms of- 
the first adjectives; also the (533) comparative and (534)- 
superlative of the last adjective in the first paragraph that 
admits of comparison. 

Select from the exercise a personal pronoun of each of 
the following forms : (535) First person, singular number, 
nominative case; {6^Q) first, singular, objective; (537) second 
person, singular, nominative ; (538) second person, singu- 
lar, possessive ; (589) third person, singular, nominative ; 
(540) third person, plural, objective. 

Give the word which each prepositional phrase (or adr- 
junct modifies ; — 

First paragraph : (541) ; (542) ; (543) 

{preposition understood.) 

Second paragraph : (544) {infinitive.) 

Third paragraph : (545) . 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

Mention two of the prepositional phrases that are used 
adjectively : (546) ; (547) ; and two used ad- 
verbially : (548) ; (549) , in this exercise. 

550. Change ^^ shepherd" to the corresponding word 
denoting the feminine gender. 

551. What is the grammatical gender of ^^ nightingale;^ 
and (553) why ? 

553. What word of the exercise has no syntax or gram- 
matical relation to other words ? 

554. What noun of the first paragraph is independent, as- 
to case ? 

555. Is the first paragraph a simple, or a compound, or 
a complex sentence ? 



130 THE regents' questions. 

556. Answei' the same question for the second para- 
graph, first sentence ; and (557) second sentence ; and for 
the (558) third paragraph. 

559. Change "Bo you hear therm?'" to the correspond- 
ing declarative form. 

560. Change ^'the frogs make so much noise'' to the 
equivalent expression, having the verb in the passive voice 
(or form.) 

561. From what primitive word is ^^ owing" derived? 

562. Why is not ^^ owing" s-pelled oiceing ? 

563. Give the prefix, and each suffix (or affix) (564, 565) 
of '''■undoubtedly." 

566. What is the subject of the principal (or independent) 
clause of the third paragraph ? 

567. What is the subject of each subordinate (or depend- 
ent) clause of the third paragraph ? 

568. What substantive word, or expression, does the 
pronoun " i^' stand for in the third paragraph ? 



Examination XX. I^eb. 27, W73. 

(1:30-S'.00 P. M.) 

1) A wasp met a bee that was just buzzing by, 

2) And he said, "Dear cousin, can you tell me why 

3) You are loved so much better by people than I ? 

*) Why, my back is as bright and as yellow as gold, 
5) And my shape is most elegant, too, to behold ; 
8) Yet nobody likes me for that, I am told ! " 

'') Says the bee, "My dear cousin, it 's all very true; 
8) But, then, they would love me no better than you, 
») If I were but half as much mischief to do ! " 

Select from the exercise an example of each of the 
following classes of words: — 

First line : (569) I^oun ; (570) verb, irregular ; (571) v&rh, 
progressive form, ; (572) adverb. 



GRAMMAR. 131 



Second line : (573) Pronoun, second person ; (574) pro- 
noun, objective case; (575) adjective; (576) conjunction, 
copulative. 

Third line : (577) Verb, passive ; (578) preposition. 

Write each one of the following words, and the part 
of speech (or class of xoords) to which it belongs : — 

First line : (579) That ; (480) by. 

Second line: {h^\)Why. 

Third line : (582) Better. 

Sixth line : (583) Nobody ; (584) that. 

Seventh line : (585) All. 

Eighth line : (586) Than. 

Ninth line: (587) ^m^; (588) TiaZ/; (589) ?mic/i. 

Give the four principal parts : i. e , first, indicative 
present; second, indicative imperfect, past or present ; 
third, participle, present or imperfect ; fourth, x>articiple, 
perfect or past, of each of the following verbs :— 

First line : 3Iet ; (590) ; (591) ; ( 592) ; 

(593) . 

Third line : Is ; (594) ; (595) ; (596) ; 

(597j . 

Sixth line : Told ; (598) ; (599) ; (600) ; 

(601) . 

Write each of the following words, and describe it as 
subject, predicate, object, or modifier, of the word to which 
it syntactically belongs, giving that word : — 

First line : (602) Wasp ; (603) bee ; (604) that. 

Second line : (605) You ; (606) me. 

Third line : (607) Better ; (608) J. 

Fourth line : (609) Yellow ; (610) gold. 

Fifth line: (611) Elegant. 

Sixth line: (612) That. 

Seventh line : (613) Bee. 

Ninth line : (614) Mischief 

Mention io\xv prepositional (including infi,nitive) phrases 



132 THE regents' questions. 

used adverbially in the exercise : (615) ; (616) — ; ; 

(617) ; (618) . 

Change "^ ivasp niet a bee" to each of the other cor- 
responding tense forms of the indicative mood, viz : (619) 

Present ; {^20) perfect, or prior present ; (621) 

pluperfect, or prior past ; (622) future ; (623) 

future perfect . 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

624. Change " loas bw^^ing' " to the corresponding sim- 
ple form. 

625. Change ^'can you tell ?7ie" to the corresponding 
declarative form. 

626-627. Change the third line to the equivalent expres- 
sion, having the verb in the active voice (or foi'in.) 

628. What would be the corresponding active form of 
'^I ajn told''' in the sixth line? 

629. What transtive verb occurs in the ninth line ? 

630. What is the corresponding passive form of "to 
behold " in the fifth line ? 

Select from the exercise a verb belonging to each of the 
following classes: (<oZ\) Subjunctive mood ; [QZ2) potential, 
present; (633) 2->oteniial, imperfect, or past; (634) infini- 
tive. 

635. What is the j^osziu'e form of the word '^better''' in 
the third and eighth lines ? 

636. Is the first line, as a sentence, simple or com,pound, 
or complex ? 

687. Select from the exercise a simple sentence (or clause) 
containing a transitive verb. 

638. To what other word is ^'buV^ in the ninth line 
equivalent ? 

639. What other form of expression may be substituted 
in the ninth line for "If I loere to do ? " 

Mention the different punctuation marks that occur in 

the exercise : (640) ; (641) ; (642) ; 

(643) ; (644) . 



GRAMMAR. 135 



645. What are the marks " " called, and (646) what do 
they deaote ? 

647. What is the mark in Ws called, and (648) what doe& 
it denote ? 



( 
{ 
( 
( 
( 
( 

c 
(« 

(10 



JExa7yii9iation XXI. jTune* 5, /873» 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

" Will you give my kite a lift ? " said my little nephew 
to his sister, after trying in vain to make it fly by 
dragging it along the ground. Lucy very kindly took 
it up and threw it into the air; but her brother, 
neglecting to run off at the same moment, the kite- 
fell down again. 

"Ah! now, how awkward you are!" said the little 
fellow. 

"It was your fault entirely," answered his sister. 
"Try again, children," said I. "There is an old proverb 
which says, ' Perseverance conquers all things.' " — 
Charlotte Elizabeth. 

Select from the exercise : — 

First line: A word used as (649) subject; (650) object,, 
direct; {^h\) verb, principal ; (652) ter&, auxiliary. 

Second line : (653) A dissyllable ; (654) a derivative word. 

Third line: (655) A word containing a dij^hthong ; an. 
(656) adverb of manner, and of (657) degree, or quantity. 

Write each one of the following words and the part of 
speech (or class of words) to which it belongs, as here 
used : — 

First line: (658) Lift; (659) little. 

Second line: (660) After; (661) trying; (663) make;: 
(mS)fly. 

Third line: (664) Along. 

Fourth line : (665) But. 

Fifth liue : (666) Of. 

Sixth line : (667) Doion. 

Seventh line : (668) Ah ! (669) awkward. 



134: THE regents' QUESTIONS. 

Give the four principal parts (including the participle in 
ing) of each of the irregular verbs in 
. Third line : (670) ; (671) ; (673) ; (673) . 

Fourth line : (674) ; (675) ; (676) ; (677) . 

Seventh line: (678) : (679) ; (680) ; (681) ; 

(682) ; (683) ; (684) ; (685) . 

Write each of the following words, and describe it as 
subject, nominative, predicate, object, adjective vwdijier, 
adverbial modijier, or attribute, of the word (expressed or 
understood) to which it is syntactically related, giving 
that word : — 

Eleventh line : (686) Perseverance ; (687) conquers ; (688) 
all; (689) things. 

Tenth and eleventh lines : (690) Proverb ; (691) I; (693) 
an; (693) which. 

Ninth and Tenth lines : (694) Ti-y; {mh) fault. 

Second line : (696) Ti-ying ; (697) 7nake. 

698. Which noun in the exercise has no syntactical re- 
lation to other words ? 

Change "f/ie kite fell doion'" to each of the other tense 
forms of the indicative mood, prefixing to each form the 

name of the tense : (699) ; (700) ; (701) ; (703) 

; (703) . 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

Compare " little " in the fiist line : (704) ; (705) ; 

(706) . 

What would be the corresponding (707) declarative and 
(708) imperative forms of " WiZZ you give iny kite a lift ? " 

709. What derivative of ^''vain'" might be substituted 
for " m vain " in the second line ? 

Mention each infinitive verb in the exercise : (710) ; 

(711) ; (713) -^. 

713. What noun does the first '^7ny" in the first line 
represent ? 

714. Answer the same question in regard to the second 
*^viy'^ in the first line. 



GRAMMAR. 135 



Give the (715) mood, (716) person, and (717) number of 
^Hry" m the tenth Ihie. 

718. How would ^^ conquers'" be writteni f spelled ac- 
cording to its elementary sounds ? 

719. What special rule, or remark, of syntax is applica- 
ble to "^2/ " in the second line ? 

720. What words after "7" in the tenth line might be 
omitted without impairing the sense ? 

731. What relation was the writer (Charlottee Elizabath) 
to Lucy and her brother, judging from the above narra- 
tive ? 

722. Why is not the first word in the eleventh line 
spelled persevereance ? 

723. Change the eleventh line to its equivalent, having 
the verb in t\\Q passive voice {or form.) 

Change the answer to question 723 to express each of 

the other tenses of the indicative passive : (724) ; 

(725) ; (726j ; (727) ; (728) . 



Examinatio7i XXII, JVbr, 6, 787S. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

(^) A person who called one day at a house at which his 

(2) visits had been more frequent than welcome, was told 

(3) by the servant that her master had gone away. 

(4) "Oh, weU, never mind," said he, "111 speak to your 

(5) mistress." 

(6) "She has also gone out, sir," the maid i-eplied. 

\') Not liking to be denied admission, the man said: — 
(8) "As it is a cold day, I'll step in and sit by the fire a 
(8) few moments." 

(10) "Ah, sir, but that is gone out, too," said the girl ; by 
{") which time the luckless visitor concluded that it was 
(12) best for him to stay out. 

Write each one of the following words and its part of 

speech (or class of xoords) as here used : — 

First line : (729) Who ; (730) one ; (731) at. 

Second line : (732; Visits ; (733) more ; (734) than. 



136 THE regents' questions. 

Third line : (735) That ; (736) away. 

Fourth line : (737) Never ; (738) mind. 

Sixth line: {TdQ) Sir. 
. Seventh line : (740) Liking. 

Tenth line : (741) That. 

Eleventh line : (742) Concluded. 

Twelfth line : (743) Best. 

744-746. Select from the exercise and write in a column 
the first ten words which are used as simple subjects, 
numbering them (747-756) inclusive, and opposite each 
one of these write the verb agreeing with it. 

757-759, Select from the exercise an adjective of each 
degree of comparison. 

Give the four principal parts (including the participle 
in ing) of each of the irregular verbs in 

Second line : (760) ; (761) ; (762) ; (763) ; 

(764) ; (765) ; (766) ; (767) . 

Seventh line : (768) ; (769) ; (770) ; (771) . 

Eighth line: (772) ; (773) ; (774) ; (775) . 

Write each of the following words and describe it as 
subject, nominative, predicate, object, adjective inodijier, 
<idverbial modijier, or attribute, of the word (expressed or 
understood) to which it is syntactically related, giving 
that loord : — 

First line : (776) Bay ; (777) house ; (778) his. 

Second line : (779) Welcome. 

Fourth line : (780) Never ; (781) mind. 

Seventh line : (782) Liking ; (783) admission. 

Eighth line : (784) Bay ; (785) sit. 

Eleventh line : (786) Which. 

(3:30-4:30 p. M.) 

787-788. Mention each injinitive verb in the exercise. 
What nouns do the following pronowns stand for: — 
First line : (789) His. 
Fourth line : (790) Your. 



GRAMMAR. 137 



Twelfth line : (791) Him. 

792-793. Mention each relative pronoun in the exercise 
and its antecedent. 

Write the following words and give the gender of each 
according to its signification as here used : — 

First line : (794) Person ; (795) which. 

Third line : (796) Servant. 

Eleventh line : (797) Visitor. 

798. What word (not included in the exercise) denoting 
masculine gender corresponds to maid? 

799 \"S hat word denoting feminine gender corresponds 
to sir? 

800-801. Mention the passive verts contained in the 
exercise. 

803-808. Give the mood and tense of "szT' in the eighth 
line. 

804. Chanere "A person urns told by the servant '' to the 
equivalent expression having the verb active. 

805. To which of the following classes of words does 
^^W€l{l)co7ne'' in the second line belong: Primitive^ 
derivative, simple, or compound ? 

806. Why is ^'■liking'' in the seventh line spelled with- 
out an e ? 

807-808. Change "J7Z step in'' in the eighth line to 
each of the other tense forms of the indicative active^ 
'giving the tense name of each. 



f?xami9iation XXIII. I^eb, 26, 787^* 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 
'1) A Fir, upon a humble Thorn. 
C') From his high top. looked down with scorn. 
( ^ "For loftiest spires we grow," he said ; 
( "Of us the tallest masts are made, 
/ I While thou, poor Bramble, canst produce 
' / Nothing of ornament or use." 
) "Great tree," the modest Thorn replied, 



138 



THE regents' questions. 



(8) "When the sharp axe shall pierce your side, 
(8) In Tain you then may wish to be, 
(1°) Unsought for and unknown like me." 

Write each one of the following words and its part of 
speech (or class of words) as here used : — 

First line : (809) U23on ; (810) humble. 

Second line: {^\1) Looked ; (812) dotow. 

Eighth line ; (813) Side. 

Ninth line: (814) Then; (815) wish. 

Tenth line: (816) Unknown; (817) like. 

Select from the exercise, and write in a column, eight 
words which are used as simple subjects, numbering them 
from (818-827) inclusively; and opposite each of these 
subjects write the verb { 2Jrincipal and awxiliary, if any,) 
agreeing with it. 

Give the rule of syntax for (828) subject words, and that 
for (829) finite verbs. [^" The language of the rule, and 
not merely its number, is to be given.] 

Write in a column all the finite verbs in the exercise, 
(including auxiliaries, if an}-,) and opposite each verb 
give its voice (or fo7'm,) mood, tense, person and number, 
arranging the work thus : — 
Finite 



in 

ei 


^ Voice. 


Mood. 


Tense. 


Person. 


Number. 




' (830) — 


(831)- 


(832) — ; 


(833) - 


(834)-. 


- 


(835)- 


; (836) - 


; (837: -; 


(838) — 


(839) — . 


- 


(840)- 


; (841) — 


, (842)—; 


(843) - 


(844)-. 


- 


(845) - 


(846)- 


(847)-; 


(848) - 


(849)-. 


- 


(850) — 


(851)- 


, (852) — ; 


(853) — 


(854) — . 


- 


(855 ) — ; 


(856) — 


(857j -; 


(858) — 


(859)-. 


- 


(860) — 


(861) — 


(862) — ; 


(863) — 


(864)-. 


- 


(865)- 


(866J — 


(867) — ; 


(868) — 


(869) — . 




(3:3( 


)-4:30 P. M.) 






What nouns 


do the fol 


lowing pronouns stan 


d for :— 


Second line 


: (870) His 








E 


ighth line 


(871) Tou 


r 







GRAMMAR. 139 



872. What is the grammatical gender of "t^e" in the 
third line ? 

Write in a column all the pj'epositional phrases con- 
tained in the first four lines of the exercise, and before 
each phrase Avrite the word xo which such phrase syntac- 
tically relates: (873) ; (874) ; (875) ■ ; 

(876) . 

Give the four principal parts (including the pariicip)le 

in ing) of the verb in the fourth line : (877) ; (878) 

; (879) ; (880) . 

Change the fifth and sixth lines to the equivalent ex- 
pression, having the verb passive. If correct in all 

respects, the answer may count as (881) ; (883) 

; (883) . 

In what case is (884) "wse" in the sixth line.'' 

What is the syntax of (885) ''Bramble''' in the fifth line ? 

886. Change the ninth line to the corresponding form, 
having the verb in the indicative mood. 

Change the eighth line to the corresponding forms, 
having the verb in the (887) perfect, or future perfect tense, 
and in the (888) second future, or future perfect tense. 

What "figure of speech" is employed in the above ex- 
ercise .^ The correct answer to this question may be 
counted as one. 



Examination XXIT, Jtine. A, 787^- 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

889-896. Make a list of the eight parts of speech (or 
classes ofioords) and define each. 

897. Compare an adjective by one of the two regular 
modes of comparison, and an (898) adverb by the other. 

Write the plurals of [^^i) Elegy ; (900) church; and (901) 
piece ; and state in what way each plural is formed. 

According to what rule or principal is (902) writeing 
made writing ; and (903) n doubled in beginning? 



.140 THE regents' questions. 

Write ia a column the following names, with the pre- 
fixed numbers, and annex to each name an example of 
the class which it represents : (901j Vowel ; (905) liquid ; 
(906) palatal; (907) double consonant ; (908) diphthong; 
(909) vjord, primitive; (910) derivative ; (911) compound ; 
(912) sentence, simple; (913) compound; (914) adjective, 
ordinal. 

915-918. What modifications (properties or accidents) 
belong to nouns, and what are the several kinds of each ? 

Mention two modifications belonging to verbs only, with 
their kinds: (919) ; (920) . 

Conjugate the verb '''see''' according to the following 
outline : — 

921. Principal Parts (tncluding participle in ing,) 
writing its name over each part. 



Indicative Mood, First Person, Plural. 

Name of Tense. Active Form. Passive Form. 
933 

923 

934 

925 

936 

937 



Potential, Third, Plural. 



928- 
929- 
930- 
931- 

t)33- 
933- 

934- 



SuBJUNCTiVE, Third, Singular. 



Imperative, Second, Plural. 



GRAMMAR. 141 



Infinitives. 

935 

936 

Participles. 
937 

988 



(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

1) "Gkat's *• Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard^ is 

2) a masterpiece from begiuning- to end. The thoughts, 

3) indeed, are obvious enough, but the dignity with which 
*) they are expressed, the immense range of allusion and 

5) description with which they are illustrated, and the 

6) finished grace of the language and versification in 
'') which they are embodied, give to this work something 
8) of that inimitable perfection of design and execution 
8) which we see in an antique statue or a sculptured 

(10) gem." — Shaio's English Literatxire. 

Analyze the first sentence of the exercise, giving (939) 
the simple (or grainvaatical) subject; (940) the simple pred- 
icate; (941) the modifier (or logical) subject; and (942) the 
modified predicate. 

Write in a column all the prepositional phrases in the 
first sentence of the exercise, and prefix to each the word 

(or words) which it modifies: (943) ; (944) ; 

(945) . 

Parse (946) written; (947) country; (948) masterpiece. 

Write each of the following words and desci'ibe it as 
subject, predicate, object, adjective modifi£r, adverbial modi- 
fier, or attribute, as the case may be, of the word or words 
to which it is syntactically related, giving such word or 
words : — 

Third line : (949) Obvious ; (950) enough. 

Fourth line: (951) They; (952) range. 

Fifth line: {^bZ) Which. 

Sixth and seventh lines: (954) Give; (955) versification; 
(956) someihing. 

Ninth line: (957) Which. 



142 THE regents' questions. 

958-965. Write in a column all the personal and relative 
pronouns of the exercise in the order in which they occur, 
and annex to each the noun or nouns (expressed or under- 
stood) for which it stands. 

If the last word of the second line were made singular, 
what other words following in the sentence would also, 
on that account, require to be changed as often as each 
occurs ? (966) to ; (967) to . 

968. Change ^^ which we see'' in the ninth line to the 
equivalent expression, having the verb passive. 



^Jxamination XXV. .A^or. 6, /87^» 

(1:30-3:30 P. M.) 

Define each of the following grammatical terms : (969) 
Grammar; (970) English Grammar ; (971) a letter of the 
alphabet ; (972) a syllable ; (973) a word ; (97i) a phrase ; 
(975) a clause ; (976) a sentence. 

977-980. Into what four parts is grammar usually 
divided ? 

981. Which one of those parts is usually studied in the 
spelling book ? 

982. To which one of those parts does punctuation 
belong .'' 

Mention the several modifications {properties or acci- 
dents') of nouns ; the different kinds of each modification ; 
and give a specimen noun of each kind, arranging the 
whole thus : — 
Modifications. Kinds of Each. Specimen Nouns. 

987 

983 985 ■{ 988 

989- 

990 

984 986 ■<! 991 

992 



f 



GRAMMAR. 143 



997- 

993 995 ■{ 998- 

999- 

1000- 



994 996 -{ 1001- 

1002- 



1003-1007. Decline each of the personal pronouns, 
arranging the work in regular form. 

1008. Mention four words commonly used as relative 
pronouns. 

Give an example of a (1009) regular, and of an irregular 
comparison of adjectives. 

1010-1015. Give the passive, first person, plural forms 
of the verb ^^ examine" in the several tenses of the indica- 
tive mood, prefixing the name of the tense of each form. 

1016. Give the active imperative, the (1017) passive in- 
finitive, and the (1018) participial forms of same verb. 
(3:15-4:15 P. M.) 

(1) "If our overworked professional men and students 

(2) should imitate Sir Henry Holland in taking an annual 

(3) two months' vacation, and once a year, like Antaeus, 

(4) touch old mother earth among the salmon and trout 
<5) streams of the breezy Canadian hills or Adirondacks, 
(6) they would return vastly invigorated to battk with the 
n realities of city life. Let no novice be deterred from a 
(9) trial, for he will find it very exhilarating, even if for 

(") a time he take no fish."— T/ie Galaxy, Nov.,'7i, p. 617. 

Write the first verb of the exercise, and give its (1019) 
■subject; (1020) object; (1021) mood; and (1022) tense. 

Write each of the following words and describe it as 
subject, predicate, object, adjective modifier, or adverbial 
modifijcr, as the case may be, of the word or words (ex- 
pressed or understood) to which it is syntactically related, 
:giving such word or words : — 

First line : (1023) OmrworTied. 

Second line : (1024) Taking. 

Third I'ne : (1025) Months'; (1026) vacation ; (1027) year ; 
<1028) AntoBus. 



144 



THE regents' questions. 



Fourth line : (1029) Touch; (1030) mother; (1031) earth; 
(1033) trout. 

Fifth line: {\Qod>) Streams ; {102>^) Adirondacks, 

Sixth line: {lO^b) Invigorated ; (1036) &a«Z€. 

Seventh line : (1037) City. 

Ninth line: (1038) He; (1039) it; (1040) very; (1041) 
exhilarating. 

1042. What passive verb occurs in the exercise? 

1043. Change "eyen if for a time he take no fish" in the 
ninth and tenth lines to the equivalent expression, having 
the verb imssive. 

1044. Give the four principal parts of ^'take'' in the 
tenth line, (including the participle in ing.) 

1045. Parse ''If" (first line.) 

1046. Parse "Jn," (second line.) 

1047. Parse " OZd," (fourth line.) 

1048. Parse "iVo," (seventh line.) 

In parsing give the rule of syntax for each of these 
words. 



JE:xaminatio?i XXYI, J^eb, 25, 7875. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1049. Write and define or describe each of the following 
grammatical terms : (10.50) Person ; (1051) number ; (1052) 
case; {lOo'B) p7^onoun ; (1054) relative pronoun; (1055) 
tense ; (1056) interjection. 

1057. Write a sentence (or sentences') containing eight 
different j9ayte of speech (or classes of words,) and (10.58- 
1065) above one word of each class write the name of the 
part of speech to which it belongs. 

Write an example of (1066) a noun in the possessive 
case; (1067) a, personal pronoun in the first pason, plural; 

(1068) a relative pronoun in the objective form ; and a 

(1069) verb in the passive, indicative, present. 



GRAMMAR. 



145 



Write the different kinds of each modification (property 
or accident) of verbs as named below, and give an example 
of each kind from the verb " see," with a subject prefixed, 
arranging the work thus : — 



Modifica- 
tions. 

Voice, 
{or Form.) 



Mood. 



Tense. 



Kinds or each 
Modification. 



-1070 



Examples from verb 
see, with subjects. 



1084- 

1085- 



1071- 

1072- 
1073- 
1074- 
1075- 

r 1076- 
1077- 
1078- 
1079- 

1080 
t 1081- 



r 1086- 
1087- 
1088- 
1089- 

. 1090- 

fl091- 
10j2- 
I 1093- 
1 1094- 
I 1095- 
I 1096- 



Person. 



-1082 



1097 



dumber. - 



-1083 - 



1098 



'Answers to the following supplementary questions- 
may be added, for which due credit will be given : — 

1099. What is the name of that part of Grammar which 
includes the classification and inflection of words ? 

Give a suitable form or model for parsing (1100) a noun; 
(1101) an adjective; (1102) a relative pronoun; and (1103) 
a preposition. 

Mention a numerical adjective of the (1104) cardinal and 
one of the (1105) ordinal kind. 

1106 Give the principal parts of the verb "^i'oe." 



146 THE regents' questions. 

(8:15-4:15 P. M.) 

(1) " Soci-ates was never in haste that his followers should 

(2) become skilful in speaking, in action, or in invention ; 

(3) but, previously to such accomplishments, he thought 

(4) it proper that a love of self-control should be instilled 

(5) into them ; for he considered that persons who had 

(6) acquired those qualifications were, if devoid of self- 
C^) control, only better fitted to commit injustice and do 
(**) mischief." — Memorabilia, IV., Hi. 1. 

Mention the (1107) subject; (1108) the simple (or gram- 
matical) predicate; (1109) the modified (or logical) predi- 
cate; and (1110) the adjuncts (or modifiers) contained in 
the proposition, '■^Socrates was never in haste.'" 

1111. By what is this proposition further modified, 
limited or explained in the exercise ? 

1112. Write the proposition beginning with "Tiis," (first 
line,) and give (1118) the simple {or grammatical) subject ; 
(1114) the modified (or logical) predicate ; (1115) the copu- 
lative and (1116) the attribute of the predicate; (1117) the 
adjunct (or modijier) of the subject; and (1118) the adjuncts 
(or modifiers) of the predicate. (Designate each of these 
answers by one of the above names.) 

What other words of the Write after these subjects, 

exercise are used as simple the verbs {principal and 

(or grammatical) subjects? auxiliary, if any,) agreeing 

with them : — 

1119- 1124 

li;30 1125 

1121 1126 

1122 1127 

1128 1128 



Which verbs of the exercise are in the potential mood? 

(1129) ; (1130) ; and which in the infinitive? 

(1181) ; (1132) . 

Compare (1183) the adjective in the second linej and 
(1184) "&e«er" in the seventh line. 

Parse (1135) ''previously'' in the third line; and (1136) 
the first verb in the sixth line. 



GRAMMAR. 147 



JSJxami7iation XXYII. J^une 3y 787^* 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 
1187. Mention- the four general divisions of Grammar. 
Under which of these general divisions is each of the 
following subjects included : — 

1138. Classification of words as to use. 

1139. Classification of letters 

1140. Rules for agreement and government of words. 

1141. Versification (or poetry.^ 

1142. Rules for spelling. 

Give a proper definition of each of the following 
terms. '^^ Be careful to mention the term defined, in 
connection with each definition : (1143) Verb; (1144) pas- 
sive verh; (1145) irregular verh; {\146) intransitive ve^'b; 
(1147) mood; (lUS) potential mood; (1149) fen.se; (1150) 
future tense; {1161) preposition ; (1152) conjunction. 
Write a sentence containing, regpectively, an example of 

1153. An adjective in the comparative degree. 

1154. An adverb of manner. 

1155. A disjunctive conjunction. 

1156. An infinitive verb without "to" prefixed. 

1157. A relative pronoun in the objective case. 

1158. Why are certain parts of verbs called principal 
parts ? 

1159-1161. Which are the three principal parts of verbs, 
(other than the present participle ?) 

Write (1162) a regular verb, and (1163) an irregular vierby 
and place after each its additional principal parts, (in- 
cluding the participal in ing.) 

1164. Decline the personal pronoun of the thii'd person, 
feminine gender. 

Give an example of the comparison of adjectives (1165) 
by prefixes, and (1166) by suffixes. 

Give the rule of syntax for 

1167. A verb agreeing with two or more subjects con- 
nected by ^'•and.'' 



148 



THE REGEMTS QUESTIONS. 



1168. A pronoun, as related to its antecedent noun, 

1169. For same cases before and after verbs. 

1170. For a verb in tlie infinitive mood. 

1171-1183. Give the active and passit;e forms of ^^ strike,^' 
with "J" (or ''thou'') as the subject of each, in the several 
tenses of the finite moods ; also, (1184) the present infini- 
tives, and (1185) present participles, active 2iXi.d. passive. 

(3:15-4:15 P. M.) 

(1) "Our fathers raised their flags against a power to 

(2) which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjuga- 

(3) tion, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be 

(4) compared, — a power which lias dotted the surface of 

(5) the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, 

(8) whose morning drimi-beat, following the sun in his 
C) course and keeping pace with the hours, circles the 
(«) earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the 

(9) martial airs of England." — Webster. 

1186. Wiite the first verb of the exercise and give its 
subject and object. 

What other (1187) finite verbs, what (1188) infinitive and 
(1189) particijjiles occur in the exercise ? 

1190. Change '■'ichich has dotted the surface oftheichole 
globe'' to the equivalent expression, having the verb in 
the passive voice (or form.) 

1191-1196. Write in a column (midway between the 
right and left sides of your paper) the several prepositions 
in the first, second, fourth and eighth lines, and place 
before and after each preposition the Avords between 
which it shows relation. 

Write each of the following words, giving its part of 
speech (or class,) and describe it as the subject, object, 
predicate, adjective modifier, or connective, as the case may 
be, of the word or words to which it is syntactically 
related, giving such word or words : — 

First line : (1199) Their. 

Second and third lines : (1200) Subjugation ; (1201) Home. 

Fourth line : (1303) Surface. 



GRAMMAR. 149 



Fifth and sixth lines : (1203) Posts; (1804) whose; (1305). 
and; (1306) sun. 

Seventh line: {1.207) Keeping ; {120S) nnies. 

Eighth line: (1209) Strain. 

1310. In what case is "■power'''' in the fourth line? 

Parse (ISll) ihe first verb, and (1213) the second verb in 
the third line ; '1213) morning, (1214) drum-beat, (1315) 
folloicing, in the sixth line. 

^"In parsing be careful to give the p7-op€7-ties {modifir 
cations or attributes) of nouns and verbs, and the syntax 
of each word. 

1316. Select a derivative word from the eighth line. 



Bxamuiation XXTIII. JVov, ^ 7875. 
(1:30-3:00 p. M.) 

1. "Sing to me, dearest nightingale," said a shepherd ta 
the silent songstress, one beautiful spring evening. 

3. "Alas!" said the nightingale, ''the frogs make so 
much noise that I have no inclination to sing. Do you 
not hear them ? " 

3. '"Undoubtedly I hear them." replied the shepherd, 
"but it is owing to your silence." 

Write each one of the following words, with its number 
prefixed, and immediately thereafter the pari of speech 
(or class of words) to which it belongs : — 

First paragraph : {1211) Sing ; (1218) ?o; (1319) me; 
(1330) dearest ; (1331) nightingale ; (1333) spring. 

Second paragraph: (1333) Alas; (1334) so; (1335) that; 
(1336) no. 

Third paragraph : (1337) Oicing. 

Write each one of the following words, with its number 
prefixed, and immediately thereafter describe it as the 
subject, predicate, object, adjective modifier, or adverbial 
modifier, as the case may be, of the word to which it i& 
syntacticaDy related : — 



150 THE regents' questions. 

First paragraph: (1228) Sing; (1229) said; {1230} silent ; 
{1221) songstress ; {1232) one ; {12SS) evening. 

Second paragraph: (1234) Noise; (1235) inclination; 
(1236) sing. 

Third paragraph : (1237) Owing; (1238) silence. 

Select from the third paragraph a word in the (1239) 
nominative, one in the (1240) possessive, and one in the 
(1241) objective case. 

Mention the second verb of the second paragraph, and 
give its (1242) voice (pv form;) (1243) mood; (1244) tense; 
and (1245) subject; also, the {12^) jirst, (1247) second, and 
(1248) third principal parts of the same verb. 

Change ''frogs make'' to each of the other tense forms 
of the indicative axi^ potential moods, giving the names of 
tenses, ana arranging them as follows; — 

Tenses. Indica.tive Mood. Potential Mood. 

Present. Frogs make. (1254) 

(1249) (1255) 

_ (1250) (1256) 

(1251) (1257) 

. (1252) 

(1253) 

Give the (1258) positive and (1259) comparative forms of 
the first adjective ; also, the (1260) comparative and (1261) 
superlative of the last adjective in the first paragraph that 
admits of comparison. 

Select from the exercises a personal pronoun of each of 
the following forms : (1262) First person, singular number, 
nominative case ; {12QS) first person, singular, objective; 
(1264) second person, singula}-, nominative ; (1265) second 
person, singular, possessive; (1266) third person, singular, 
nominative ; (1267) third person, plural, objective. 

Give the word which each prepositional phrase (or ad- 
junct, modifies; — 

First paragraph : (1268) ; (1269) ; (1270) 

{preposition understood.) 



GRAMMAR. 151 



Second paragraph : (1371) (infinitive.) 

Third paragraph : (12?2) . 

Parse (1273) Undoubtedly; (1274) I; (1275) Tiear; (1276) 
them, 

(3:15-i:15 P. M.) 

1. "As a man, who was deeplj^ involved in debt, was 
walking in the street with a very melancholy air, one of 
his acquaintances asked him Avhy he was so sorrowful. 

2. 'Alas! ' said he, 'I am in a state of insolvency.' 

3. 'Well,' said his friend, 'if that is the case, it is not 
you, but your creditors, who ought to wear a woeful 
countenance.' " 

1277. What word of the exercise has no syntax? 

1278. Select from the exercise an example of a simple 
sentence (or ind£pendent preposition.') 

1279. Is the first sentence simple or compound, or com- 
plex ? 

1280. What is the grammatical siibject of the principal 
(or independent) clause of the third sentence ? 

1281. Change ^^was walking'^ to the form of the plu- 
perfect [past perfect or prior past) tense of the same 
mood. 

1282. Change the verb of the expression ''was deeply 
involved''^ to the potential tnood, perfect [present j^erfect or 
prior present) tense of the same voice (or form.) 

1283. Change "o?ie of his acquaintances asked, him" to 
its equivalent, having the verb in the passv'e voice. 

1284. Change "if that is the case'' so that the verb 
shall be subjunctive in form, and (1285) pai-se ''case." 

1286. In what number is "loho" in the third sentence.'* 

1287. In what words was the question referred to in the 
first sentence put by the asker (or speaker ?) 

1288. What words does "with" in tlae first sentence 
connect or show the relation between ? 

1289. What interrogative word occurs in the first sen- 
tence ? 

1290. What kind of conjunction is " hut ? " 



152 THE regents' questions. 

1291. In what case is the word ^^case" in the third 
sentence ? 

1292. In what tense is ^^ ought" in the third sentence ? 

1293. In what case is ^^ countenance^'' in the third sen- 
tence ? 

1294. What word (potential mood sign) might be sub- 
stituted for '■^ ought to" in the third sentence? 

i2S:;5. Of wliat word is ''woefur'' compouuded? 
1296. Which one of the five permanent vowels does not 
occur in " countenance ? " 



Bxamination XXIX. J^eb. 34-, 7876. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1297-1298. Mention and define the two parts of speech 
(or classes of words) most frequently used. 

Decline, in full, (1299) we ; (1300) her ; (1301) ivho. 

Give the two positives of (1302-1303) worse, and those 
of (1304-1305) most. 

Write a sentence (or sentences) in which that is properly 
used as (1306) a relative; (1307) an adjective; (1308) a 
€onjunctio7i. 

1309. Correct, "T/ie te'acher sent for you and J," and 
(1310) give the reason for the correction. 

1311. Change the sentence, ''^ Those girls are loriting on 
their sJafes" by making the subject singular, and the 
words corresponding in sense. 

1312. What kind of a sentence, as to form, is that quoted 
in question 1311 ; and (1313) what would the sentence be- 
come if changed to the interrogative form ? 

1314-1315. Change the sentence, ^^1 shall go," and "I 
will go," by making each subject of the third person, 
singular, and by using the proper auxiliary to expi-esa 
future time simply, in the former sentence, and a purpose 
or determination in the latter. 



GRAMMAR. 153 



131&-1317. Correct, ''Four month's interest are due on 
this note,'' and (1318-1319) give the reasons for each 
correction. 

Define (1320; mood; (1321) tense; (1322) person ; (1323) 
number ; as applied to verbs. 

1324-1328. Write in a column the names of the several 
moods of verbs, and after each name give a sentence 
containing a verb in that mood. 

1329-1335. Write in a column the names of the several 
tenses of verbs, and after each name give the correspond- 
ing tense-form of some verb in the indicative mood. 

Give the principal parts of (1336) rise; (1337) raise; 
(1338) sit; (1339) set; and (1340-1342) write sentences 
containing an example of the proper use of each of these 
verbs. 

How is the (1343) passive voice (or form) of any verb 
formed ? and how the (1344) progressive form ? 

Write two sentences, in one of which (1345) a phrase, 
and in the other (1346) a clause (or proposition) is used as 
the subject. 

Give the principal parts of each of the following verba : 
(1347) loere; (1348) icent; (1349) had fought; (1350) might 
have been found; (1351) may ham talked. 

Analyze the sentence, (1352) ''Let him go;" (1353-1355) 
and parse each word. 

1356. What particular name is given to that part of a 
verb which ends in ing ? 

(3:15-4:15 P. M.) 

(1) "These things that are not practicable, are not desir- 
es) able. There^'is nothiuii- in the world really beneficial 
(3) that does not lie within the reach of an informed under- 
(■*) standing and a well-directed pursuit. There is nothing 
(5) that God has iudii:ed good for us that he has not 2;iven 
(8) us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and 
(T) the moral world. If we cry. like children, for the 
(8) moon, like children we must cry on."— Burke. 



154 THE regents' questions. 

Write each of the following words, with its number 
prefixed, mentiou its part of speech (or class of words,) 
and describe it as the subject, predicate, object, adjective 
modifier, adverbial modijier, or connective, as the ease may 
be, of the word or words to which it is grammatically 
related, giving such word or words : — 

First line: (1357) That; {IZbS) the, second verb. 

Second line: {V6^^) Nothing ; {1^^) beneficial. 

Third line : (1361) The verb in that line. 

Fourth line : (1362) Pursuit. 

Fifth Une: (]363) That. 

Sixth line : (1364) Vs. 

Seventh line : (1365) Like. 

Eighth line: (1366) On. 

Make a list of the (1367) auxiliary verbs in the exercise, 
and the (1368) conjunctions. 

Parse each of the following as contained in the exercise. 
li^In parsing, give each modification {property or ac- 
cident) and the syntax of each word : — 

1369. The proper noun. 

1370. The verb in the infinite mood. 

1371. The verb in the, potential mood. 

1372. The verb in the fifth line. 

1373. '•' Children,'' (eighth hue.) 

1374. What is the principal (or leading) clause (or pro- 
position) of the last sentence of the exercise ; and (1375) 
what the subordinate clause ? 

1376. Parse ''both,'' (sixth line.) 



Examination XXX. J^iine, 8, 7876, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1377. Of what does Etymology treat ? 

1378. What are the parts of speech or classes into 
which words are divided ? 



GRAMMAR. 155 



1379. Which of these modify, limit, or qualify the 
meaning of nouns ? 

1380. Which of verbs, adjectives and adverbs ? 

1381. What is the subject of a sentence? 

1382. What is the predicate ? 

"The pleasures of sense resemble a foaming torrent, 
which, after a disorderly course, speedily runs out and 
leaves an empty and offensive channel." 

1383-1387. In the above sentence, name the nouns, and 
state of each vt^hether it is subject or object, and of what ? 

1388. Name the p7'onoun, and state the same of it. 

1389-1391. Name the adjectives, and the noun each 
qualifies. 

1392-1393. Name the adverbs, and the word each modi- 
fies or qualifies. 

1394-1395. Name the prepositions, and the words be- 
tween which they show the relation. 

1396-1397. Name the conjunctions, and the words each 
connect. 

1398-1401. Name the articles, and the nouns they limit. 

Name the plural of the following nouns : (1402) lady ; 
(1403) valley ; (140i) pailful ; (1405) memorandum ; (1406) 
analysis. 

1407. What modifications or properties have nouns and 
pronouns 7 

1408. What have verbs .? 

1409-1413. Give the modifications of each of the nouns 
of the sentence, " The pleasures of sense," etc, 

1414-1416. Same of the verbs. 

1417-1418. How do you determine the modifications of 
pronouns ? 

1419. What tenses has the Potential mood ? 

1420. Define mood, and (1421) name the several moods. 
1422. Same of tense, and (1423) the several tenses. 
1424-1426. Give an example of the moods of the verb 

write, in the present tense, with hoy as subject, i. e., those 
moods to which such a subject is applicable. 



156 THE regents' questions. 

(3:15-4:15 p. M.) 

1437. How are verbs divided in regard to form ? 

1428. How in regard to signification ? 

1429. What determines tlie number aud person of a 
verb .'' 

1430. Does the object of a verb intluence its number and 
person ? 

1431. In what case is the subject of a verb ? 

1432. In what the object ? 

1433. Have the noviinaiioe and objective cases of nouns 
differtnl forms ? 

1434. How arc these cases determined ? 

1435. To what is a noun in the possessive case joined ? 

1436. What does the noun with which it is joined 
denote ? 

If the following sentences are ungrammatical, correct 
them, and parse the word corrected. 

1437-1438. They thought it was me. 

1439-1440. I do not know who to send. 

1441-1442. The man sets in the chair. 

1443_]444. The book lays on the table. 

1445-1446. The eldest of the two sons attends school. 

1447-1448. The general with his soldiers were taken. 

1449-1450. The room is tAventy feet long. 

1451-1452. To preach and to practise is very different, 

1453-1454. Write the participles of the verb love in the 
active form, with the name of each. 

1455-1456. The same of the passive form. 



Bxaminatio7i XXXI. JVov. 9, 7876, 

(1:00-3:00 P. M.) 
In what classes are simple words divided with refer- 
ence to their (1457-1459) number of syllables ; (1460-1461) 
formation ; (1462-1469) use in sentences 1 



GRAMMAR. 157 



1470. Give the singular of 7i\en, teeth, mice. 

How are adjectives regularly compared to express 
degrees of comparison (1471) below the positive (or of 
diminution), and (1472-1473) above the positive (or of in- 
crease) ? 

1474-1476. Give examples of comparison to illustrate 
answers 1471-1473. 

1477. What modification have some adverbs ? 

1478. From what other class of words are many adverbs 
derived ? 

1479. Mention four general classess of adverbs. 
14S0-1482. Mention three kinds of pronouns, and give a 

definition of each kind. 

1483-1488. Write the objective singular of each simple 
pronoun whose form is varied by declension, and after 
each of these objectives write a sentence containing 
it. 

1489-1491. Which of the pronouns indicate, by their 
form, the gender of their antecedent nouns ? 

1492. To what parts of speech do cases belong ? 

1493-1494. What classes of verbs do not admit of a 
passive voice (or form) ? 

1495. Define the subjunctive mood. 

1496-1498. Which mood cannot be used in asking ques- 
tions ? 

1499-1502. Which tenses employ auxiliaries ? 

1503. What tense must be used to donate that a certain 
event will precede some other event referred to ? 

W'hat parts of speech (or kinds of words) are needed to 
complete the two following sentences ? 

1504. It must be done to-day to-morrow. 

1505. Live peace all men. 

1506-1508. What three principal statements are in- 
cluded in the exercise of parsing ; or, of what does pars- 
ins: consist .'' 



% 

158 THE regents' questions. 

(3:15-4:15 P. M.) 

Write, and parse in full each italicized word in the fol- 
lowing sentence, (including auxiliaries, of course, with 
their principal verbs) : 

1509-1520. "The best authors should be i-ead by the 
student, that he may thus insensibly acquire a grace and 
refinement of expression ichieh no arbitrar3' rules can 
give." 

Correct the following examples of false S3'^ntax, and 
give the reason for the correction, and the syntax of the 
corrected word in each : 

1521-1522. He is to be married to I don't know who. 

1523-1524. Generation after generation pass away, 

1525-1526. Young's "Night Thoughts" area gloomy 
but instructive poem. 

1527-1528. On that occasion, neither he nor I were con- 
sulted. 

1529-1530. Which is the largest number, — the minuend 
or the subtrahend ? 

1531-1532, Pitt was the pillar who upheld the state. 

1533-1534. Our teacher told us that air had weight. 

1635-1536. I intend to have written to him. 



Note. — In the plates from which the complete illustrated 
volume and the first editions of this pamphlet were print- 
ed, the numbers of the questions from Examination XII 
were too great by 24, the last queetioi? in XI being num- 
bered 264, and the first in XII 289. In this edition, the 
error has been corrected. The corresponding questions 
in the other editions may be found by adding 24 to all 
numbers above 264 in this edition. 



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